Crematogaster brevidentata ^HNS NEW STATUS . Crematogaster brevispinosa var. brevidentata Forel ^HNS, 1912:212. Syntype worker: Barbados, Bathseba, 200m elevation (Forel) [MHNG] (examined). Emery, 1922:134: combination in C. (Orthocrema) ^HNS.

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.