Crematogaster cubaensis Mann

Longino, J. T., 2003, The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica., Zootaxa 151, pp. 1-150 : 132

Crematogaster cubaensis Mann 1920 REVISED STATUS

Crematogaster victima subsp. cubaensis Mann 1920:425. Syntype workers, queen: Cuba, Guantanamo, beneath a stone in the woods (Mann) [ USNM] (examined). Menozzi, 1929:2: subspecies of steinheili . Enzmann, J. 1946:93: subspecies of laeviuscula . Kempf, 1972:90: subspecies of victima .

Crematogaster barbouri Weber 1934:24, fig. 1. Syntype workers, queens, male: Cuba, Limones Seboruco, Soledad , Cienfuegos, 22 Aug 1933, under rich humus in a depression on a limestone ledge in dense shade of forest; male from sweeping in nearby forest, 30 Aug (Weber) [ USNM, LACM] (examined). Kempf, 1972: 84: combination in C. (Orthocrema) . NEW SYNONYMY

The small yellow Crematogaster on Cuba share the general habitus of minutissima from Florida. They differ in that the dorsal pilosity is more like C. flavomicrops , relatively short, scruffy-looking, and not in three differentiable rows (although humeral setae are longer than the rest). The pronotum is completely smooth and shining.