Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) nigriceps Emery, 1897f PDF: 600, fig. (w.) SOMALIA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Viehmeyer, 1923 PDF: 89 (q.m.).Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 842.Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 148.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.