Myrmecocystus viaticus desertorum

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cataglyphis savignyi.

Nomenclature

 * desertorum. Myrmecocystus viaticus var. desertorum Forel, 1894c: 402 (w.) SPAIN. Karavaiev, 1912a: 17 (m.); Santschi, 1929b: 46 (m.); Karavaiev, 1924: 306 (q.). Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Karavaiev, 1924: 306; in Cataglyphis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944; Emery, 1925b: 265. Subspecies of viatica: Emery, 1898c: 126; Forel, 1902a: 156. Junior synonym of bicolor: Forel, 1907e: 15; Santschi, 1910f: 234; Emery, 1925b: 265. Subspecies of bicolor: Karavaiev, 1911: 10; Karavaiev, 1912a: 17; Karavaiev, 1924: 306. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1985: 286. Junior synonym of viatica: Agosti, 1990b: 1491; of savignyi: Cagniant, 2009: 51.