Aenictus asantei Campione et al., 1983: 873, 7, figs (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: University of Ghana, Legon, 27.vi.1971, GC-047, on cultivated land (B.M Campione, et al.). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZC-ENT33040. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MNHN, ROMT. Type notes: Gómez, 2022: 17, says paratypes could not be found in BMNH, MNHN.