Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aenictus bottegoi var. alluaudi Santschi, 1910g PDF: 754, fig. 10 (m.) KENYA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: 5 syntype males. Type-localities: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): 4 males Victoria-Nyanza, Kisoumou, ix.1904 (Ch. Alluaud), 1 male Nairobi (Wa-Kikougou), ix.1904 (Ch. Alluaud). Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Subspecies of Aenictus bottegoi: Santschi, 1914b PDF: 67; Wheeler, 1922: 751; Santschi, 1935b: 266.Status as species: Santschi, 1924b PDF: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 58; Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 201.