Aenictogitonini

Represented by a single genus (Aenictogiton) with 7 named species. Specimens of this subfamily are all males that have been collected from central Africa.

''Subfamily AENICTOGITONINAE ''Aenictogitonini Ashmead, 1905b: 381. Type-genus: Aenictogiton. Taxonomic history Aenictogitoninae as tribe of Dorylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 381 [Aenictogitonini]; Ashmead, 1906: 25 [Aenictogitonini]; Borgmeier, 1955: 57 [Aenictogitonini]. Aenictogitoninae as tribe of Ponerinae: Brown, 1975: 43 [Aenictogitini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 [Aenictogitini]; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11 [Aenictogitini]. Aenictogitoninae as subfamily of Formicidae: Baroni Urbani, Bolton & Ward, 1992: 315; Bolton, 1994: 14; all subsequent authors. Aenictogitoninae as dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 37, 150; Brady & Ward, 2005: 593. Aenictogitoninae as formicoid dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173; Ward, 2007a: 555. Tribe of Aenictogitoninae: Aenictogitonini.

Tribe AENICTOGITONINI Aenictogitonini Ashmead, 1905b: 381. Type-genus: Aenictogiton. Taxonomic history Aenictogitonini as tribe of Dorylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 381, and see references above. Genus of Aenictogitonini: Aenictogiton.

Subfamily, tribe Aenictogitonini and genus Aenictogiton references Emery, 1910b: 27 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 750 (catalogue); Santschi, 1924b: 200 (all species key); Brown, 1975: 43 (diagnosis, review of genus); Baroni Urbani, Bolton & Ward, 1992: 315 (phylogeny); Bolton, 1994: 14 (synopsis); Bolton, 1995a: 1038 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 58 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 37, 150 (diagnosis, synopsis); Brady & Ward, 2005: 593 (phylogeny); Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173 (phylogeny); Ward, 2007a: 555 (classification).