• Lectotype designation: Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013: 220.
• [Misspelled as ceylonensis by Wheeler, 1930b: 94; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 11.]
• [Misspelled as ceylonicsu by Lin & Wu, 2003: 60.]
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 265 (l.)
• Combination in Eciton (Aenictus): Karavaiev, 1926d: 422.
• Combination in Aenictus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 7; Wilson, 1964a: 452.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 668 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 7; Forel, 1901a: 477; Bingham, 1903: 22; Forel, 1906b: 91; Emery, 1910b: 29; Wheeler, 1930b: 94; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 11; Wilson, 1964a: 452; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 52; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1303; Wang, 1992: 679; Xu, 1994a: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 50; Zhou & Chen, 1999: 63 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 17; Zhou, 2001a: 59; Imai et al., 2003: 209; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 11; Shattuck, 2008c: 16; Terayama, 2009: 124; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 32; Bharti et al., 2012: 293 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 22; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013: 220 (redescription); Bharti et al., 2016: 20; Dias et al., 2020: 22.
• Senior synonym of Aenictus ceylonicus latro: Wilson, 1964a: 452; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Zhou, 2001a: 59; Shattuck, 2008c: 16; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013: 220.

Junior synonyms

• Aenictus ceylonicus latro Forel, 1901

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton ceylonicus
• Typhlatta ceylonica

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