Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901b PDF: 1 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns). Type-depositories: NHMB, NHMW. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Status as species: Emery, 1910b PDF: 31; Forel, 1913a PDF: 112; Arnold, 1915: 138 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 754; Bolton, 1995b: 60.