Xiphomyrmex spinosus Pergande, 1896: 894 (w.) MEXICO (Baja California). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton, 1979: 163). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Baja California, Sierra San Lazaro, Cape Region, ix.1894 (Eisen & Vaslit). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. Type notes: The original description records 14 syntype workers; the 10 unaccounted for should also be considered as paralectotypes. Probably in USNM and elsewhere.