Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895i PDF: 18, pl. 2, figs. 5-7 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: South Africa: Makapan, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon). Type-depository: MSNG. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Status as species: Emery, 1895l PDF: 747; Emery, 1910b PDF: 31; Forel, 1913k PDF: 212; Arnold, 1915: 140 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.