Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aenictus icarus Forel, 1911b PDF: 197 (m.) INDONESIA (Java). Indomalaya. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype males (number not stated). Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Semarang, at light (E. Jacobson). Type-depository: MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 15; Wilson, 1964a PDF: 482; Bolton, 1995b: 59.