• Santschi, 1914b: 87 (m.)
• Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 145
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 87; Emery, 1922c: 145; Wheeler, 1922: 831; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1930b: 107 (in key).
• Subspecies of Crematogaster castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 147; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 210.

Obsolete combinations

• Crematogaster ferruginea aquila

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. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26:129-144. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1926a. Formiche dell'Africa centrale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 58:36-41. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1930b. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130. 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. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.