Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) rufotestacea Mayr, 1876 PDF: 109 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Emery, 1914a PDF: 184 (q.); Crawley, 1922e: 23 (m.).Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c PDF: 133.Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.