Paratrechina hystrix Trager, 1984b: 134, figs. 28, 30, 40 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Monument, Grapevine Ranger Station, 2100 ft, 4.iii.1968, CAL-316 (G.C. & J. Wheeler). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a large series”), 1 paratype queen, paratype males (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: JCTC, LACM, MCZC. Type notes: Trager, 1984b: 137, says other paratypes are in “the usual depositories”, by which one assumes one or more of the following: AMNH, CASC, USNM.