Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Emery, 1892f PDF: 569, pl. 15, figs. 13, 14 (m.) SUDAN (date of publication 13.iv.1892).].Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 8; Wheeler, 1922: 752.Subspecies of Aenictus fuscovarius: Emery, 1895l PDF: 747; Mayr, 1904b PDF: 2; Mayr, 1907a PDF: 387; Emery, 1910b PDF: 31; Santschi, 1910g PDF: 756; Santschi, 1914b PDF: 67; Viehmeyer, 1923 PDF: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 60; Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 201; Madl, 2019 PDF: 13.