Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Crematogaster arborea subsp. melanogaster Emery, 1895i PDF: 29 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Wheeler, 1922: 840.Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c PDF: 147.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.Raised to species: Wheeler, 1922: 840.