Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a PDF: 35.[Misspelled as hogsoni by Emery, 1910b PDF: 30.].Combination in Aenictus (Typhlatta): Wheeler, 1930j PDF: 199.Subspecies of Aenictus fergusoni: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 18; Forel, 1903f PDF: 401; Emery, 1910b PDF: 30; Forel, 1913l PDF: 20; Karavaiev, 1926d PDF: 424; Wheeler, 1927d PDF: 1; Wheeler, 1930j PDF: 199 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 13.Junior synonym of Aenictus fergusoni: Wilson, 1964a PDF: 462; Bolton, 1995b: 59; Tang et al., 1995: 42.Status as species: Jaitrong et al., 2011 PDF: 321 (redescription); Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011a PDF: 35 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 23; Liu et al., 2015 PDF: 25; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 21; Jaitrong et al., 2016 PDF: 24.