Atta (Trachymyrmex) desertorum Wheeler, 1911e: 98, fig. 2 (w.) U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: 9 syntype workers. Type-locality: U.S.A.: Arizona, Tucson, nr Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory, 24.xi.1910 (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.