Crematogaster (Crematogaster) hespera Buren, 1968b: 98 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Arizona, Phoenix, 20.vii.1918 (A.W. Morrill). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00529501. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: >21 paratype workers, >3 queens. Secondary type localities: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 10 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens Arizona, Phoenix, 25.xii.1895 (no collector’s name), also “numerous specimens from these localities” (numbers/sexes/castes not stated): U.S.A.: California, Big Dalton Canyon, Glendora (A. Mallis & J. Schwartz), California, Col. Desert (A.L. Pickens), California, Glenville (A. Wetmore), California, Pacific Grove (W.M. Mann), California, Sacramento (P.H. Arnaud), California, San Diego County, Santa Ysabel and Mt Laguna (W.S. Creighton), U.S.A.: Arizona, Sacaton (F.S. Strickney), Arizona, Nogales, Ruby, and Patagonia (L.F. Byars), Arizona, Nogales and Patagonia (W.F. Buren), Arizona, Fort Huachuca, Wickenberg, and Patagonia (W.S. Creighton), Arizona, Tempe (W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: New Mexico, Las Cruces (A.C. Cole), U.S.A.: Texas, Ysleta and El Paso (W.F. Buren), Mexico: Sonora, Imuris (W.S. Creighton). Secondary type depositories: CASC, LACM, MCZC, USNM.