• [Aenictus aitkenii Forel, 1900b: 75 (in text). Nomen nudum.]
• Junior synonym of Aenictus aratus: Wilson, 1964a: 446; Bolton, 1995b: 58; Tiwari, 1999: 17.
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 19; Emery, 1910b: 29; Wheeler, 1919f: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 10; Shattuck, 2008c: 16; Bharti et al., 2012: 294 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 20; Dias et al., 2020: 22.
• Senior synonym of Aenictus aratus asiatica: Shattuck, 2008c: 16.

Junior synonyms

• Aenictus aratus asiatica Forel, 1911

Citations

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