Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Crematogaster frivolus Forel, 1902j PDF: 412 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c PDF: 132.Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Santschi, 1929f PDF: 90.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.Senior synonym of Crematogaster perthensis: Heterick, 2009 PDF: 148 (in text).