• Mayr, 1887: 627 (q.m.)
• Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c: 134; Blaimer, 2012c: 55; Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 902.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1865: 104 (redescription); Mayr, 1870b: 992 (in key); Mayr, 1884: 37; Mayr, 1887: 626; Emery, 1888c: 356; Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; von Jhering, 1894: 394; Forel, 1895b: 131; Forel, 1908: 366; Borgmeier, 1927c: 93; Kempf, 1972b: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 151; Longino, 2003a: 49 (redescription), 126; Wild, 2007b: 32; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 116; Wetterer et al., 2016: 10; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124 (redescription); Pedraza & Fernández, 2019: 895; Ward & Blaimer, 2022: 902; Herrera et al., 2024: 178.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa chathamensis: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa minutior: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa recurvispina: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa sampaioi: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa schuppi: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa striatinota: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Senior synonym of Crematogaster brevispinosa townsendi: Longino, 2003a: 49; Morgan & Mackay, 2017: 124.
• Material of the unavailable name Crematogaster brevispinosa sericea semisericea referred here by Longino, 2003a: 49.

Junior synonyms

• Crematogaster brevispinosa Mayr, 1870
• Crematogaster brevispinosa chathamensis Wheeler, 1933
• Crematogaster brevispinosa minutior Forel, 1893
• Crematogaster brevispinosa recurvispina Forel, 1912
• Crematogaster brevispinosa sampaioi Forel, 1912
• Crematogaster brevispinosa schuppi Forel, 1901
• Crematogaster brevispinosa striatinota Forel, 1912
• Crematogaster brevispinosa townsendi Wheeler, 1925

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