• Bharti, 2003b: 715 (q.).
• Combination in Aenictus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 8.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Forel, 1895b: 121; Rothney, 1903: 96; Bingham, 1903: 20; Forel, 1906b: 90; Emery, 1910b: 30; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 11; Wilson, 1964a: 471; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Tiwari, 1999: 17; Bharti, 2003b: 714; Bharti et al., 2012: 294 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 21; Dias et al., 2020: 23.
• Senior synonym of Aenictus bengalensis: Bingham, 1903: 20; Emery, 1910b: 30; Wilson, 1964a: 471; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Tiwari, 1999: 17.
• Senior synonym of Aenictus pachycerus continuus: Wilson, 1964a: 471; Bolton, 1995b: 60.

Junior synonyms

• Aenictus bengalensis (Mayr, 1879)
  Obsolete combination(s): Typhlatta bengalensis
• Aenictus pachycerus continuus Forel, 1901
  Obsolete combination(s): Aenictus bengalensis continuus

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton pachycerus

Citations

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