Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Crematogaster brunneipennis André, 1890 PDF: 323 (w.q.) SIERRA LEONE. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWikiTaxonomic history
Santschi, 1933b PDF: 101 (m.).Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 829.Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 145.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.