• Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 148
• Subspecies of Crematogaster menilekii: Schulz, 1906: 170; Santschi, 1913a: 412 (in key); Forel, 1913i: 353; Santschi, 1915c: 252; Wheeler, 1922: 840; Emery, 1922c: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
• Status as species: Taylor et al., 2018 9 (note: species has infrasubspecies so cannot be elevated in AntCat at present)

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913i. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:347-359. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1902. Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 52:287-303. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913a ("1912"). Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912:411-414. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:244-282. PDF
• Schulz, W. A. 1906. Spolia hymenopterologica. Paderborn: Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, 355 pp. PDF
• Taylor, B.; Agoinon, N.; Sinzogan, A.; Adondonon, A.; Kouagou, Y.N.; Bello, S.; Wargui, R.; Anato, F.; Ouagoussounon, I.; Houngbo, H.; Tchibozo, S.; Todjihounde, R.; Vayssières, J.-F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8:6-29. 10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.