Crematogaster (Orthocrema) cristata Santschi, 1929d: 294 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1968b: 384). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Petrópolis (A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0085540 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: MZSP0085538, MZSP0085539. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite lectotype worker, 4 paralectotype workers in MZSP, but with collector T. Borgmeier. Reichensperger is given as collector in the original description, but in the lectotype designation, Kempf, 1968b: 384, says "...probably taken by the same collector, T. Borgmeier".