• [Also described as new by Santschi, 1913h: 38.]
• Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c: 134; Blaimer, 2012c: 55.
• Subspecies of Crematogaster brevispinosa: Santschi, 1913h: 38; Emery, 1922c: 134; Kempf, 1972b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 157.
• Status as species: Longino, 2003a: 132.

Obsolete combinations

• Crematogaster brevispinosa mancocapaci

Citations

• Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF
• 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
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151:1-150. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1911i. Formicides de diverses provenances. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 55:278-287. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913h. Hyménoptères. Formicides. Pp. 33-43 in: André, Ern. et al. 1913. Mission du service géographique de l'armée pour la mesure d'un arc de méridien équatorial en Amérique du Sud. Tome 10. Fasc. 1. Insectes. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 119 pp. PDF