Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Myrmecocystus viaticus subsp. mauritanicus Emery, 1906f: 57, figs. 23, 26 (w.m.) TUNISIA. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Santschi, 1929b PDF: 31 (q.).Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f PDF: 98.Combination in Cataglyphis (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b PDF: 29.Subspecies of Cataglyphis viatica: Emery, 1908h PDF: 216; Emery, 1925d PDF: 266; Santschi, 1929b PDF: 31; Santschi, 1939c PDF: 5; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 93.Status as species: Agosti, 1990b PDF: 1483; Wehner et al., 1994 PDF: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 195; Cagniant, 2009 PDF: 48; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 58 (see note in bibliography).