Crematogaster curvispinosa

Schmid et al. (2014) found this ant nesting in infructescences (the stem and remains of buds and fruits above the level of the water reservoir in the rosette) of the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil. De Oliveira et al. (2015), studying ant occupancy of Cecropia trees in southwest Bahia, Brazil, found two colonies of  opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees. Gillette et al. (2015) in a Chaipas, Mexico field study of twig-nesting ants in coffee plants found C. curvispinosa nesting on plants between 500-1200 m in elevation.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  curvispinosa. Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862: 768 (w.) BRAZIL. Forel, 1911c: 301 (q.); Forel, 1912f: 216 (m.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134. Senior synonym of fuliginea: Santschi, 1929f: 88; of accola, antillana, kemali, obscura, panamana, phytoeca, sculpturata: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * antillana. Crematogaster curvispinosa var. antillana Forel, 1893g: 399 (w.) ANTILLES. Forel, 1912f: 216 (q.). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 134. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * sculpturata. Crematogaster sculpturata Pergande, 1896: 876 (w.) MEXICO. Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 171 (w. redescribed). Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Emery, 1922e: 136. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * kemali. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) curvispinosa var. kemali Santschi, 1923c: 250 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * fuliginea. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) fuliginea Santschi, 1925d: 231 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Santschi, 1929f: 88.
 * obscura. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) curvispinosa var. obscura Santschi, 1929d: 293 (w.) ARGENTINA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of obscura Smith, F. 1857a: 76.] Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * accola. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) sculpturata subsp. accola Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 175 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * phytoeca. Crematogaster sculpturata subsp. phytoeca Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 173 (w.q.m.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.
 * panamana. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) curvispinosa var. panamana Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 195 (w.q.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of curvispinosa: Longino, 2003a: 55.