• Subspecies of Aenictus ambiguus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 14; Wilson, 1964a: 481.
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 10; Emery, 1910b: 31; Xu, 1994a: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 23; Bharti et al., 2016: 21.

Obsolete combinations

• Aenictus ambiguus westwoodi

Citations

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