Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Myrmecocystus viaticus r. adenensis Forel, 1904c PDF: 382 (footnote) (w.) YEMEN. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Combination in Cataglyphis: Wheeler, 1922: 944.Subspecies of Cataglyphis bicolor: Emery, 1906f: 58; Emery, 1908h PDF: 217.Raised to species: Santschi, 1929b PDF: 41.