• Bingham, 1903: 130 (q.)
• Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 150
• Subspecies of Crematogaster subnuda: Forel, 1902c: 208; Forel, 1903a: 685; Forel, 1907d: 23; Forel, 1907h: 17.
• Subspecies of Crematogaster laboriosa: Santschi, 1928b: 33
• Subspecies of Crematogaster brunnea: Emery, 1922c: 150; Wheeler, 1929g: 5; Wheeler, 1930k: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 151; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Bharti et al., 2016: 36.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 130; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 65; Dias et al., 2020: 70; Harshana & Dey, 2024: 2.

Obsolete combinations

• Crematogaster brunnea contemta
• Crematogaster subnuda contemta

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