Taxonomic history
Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922c PDF: 134.Combination in Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Blaimer, 2012c PDF: 55.Raised to species: Longino, 2003a PDF: 131.Workers are small, propodeal spines are tiny, there are no erect setae on head or fourth abdominal tergite, erect setae are sparse on mesosoma, and there is a strong anteroventral petiolar tooth.