• [Justified emendation of spelling to Crematogaster perelegans: Forel, 1903a: 683.]
• Bingham, 1903: 143 (m.)
• Combination in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922c: 151.
• Combination in Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 683; Bingham, 1903: 142; Emery, 1922c: 151; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 159; Bharti et al., 2016: 36.

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