• Cataglyphis in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 44 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1862: 653 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 8 [Formicidae].
• Cataglyphis in Camponotinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 89; Emery, 1916a: 267; Forel, 1917: 250.
• Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991: 295.
• Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formicini + Lasiini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
• Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formicini: Bondroit, 1918: 38; Wheeler, 1922: 699; Emery, 1925d: 261; Agosti, 1994b: 93; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 28, 126; Ward et al., 2016: 346.
• Cataglyphis as junior synonym of Formica: Smith, 1858a: 1.
• Cataglyphis as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Mayr, 1863a: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12; Forel, 1878c: 372; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; André, 1882c: 165; Forel, 1886h: 201; Mayr, 1886d: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Forel, 1899b: 129; Bingham, 1903: 312; Ruzsky, 1905b: 426; Emery, 1906f: 47; Emery, 1908h: 213; Karavaiev, 1924: 301.
• [Note: Mayr, 1863a: 402, and Roger, 1863b: 12, give Cataglyphis as senior synonym, but Myrmecocystus has priority.]
• Cataglyphis as subgenus of Myrmecocystus: Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Wheeler, 1911g: 160.
• Cataglyphis as genus: Foerster, 1850b: 493; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1861: 44; Mayr, 1863a: 402; Mayr, 1865: 8; Mayr, 1870b: 952; Dours, 1873: 166; Wheeler, 1913a: 78; Wheeler, 1922: 945; Emery, 1925d: 261; subsequent authors.
• Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Eomonocombus: Brown, 1973b: 180 [provisional]; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
• Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Machaeromyrma: Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 218; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
• Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Monocombus: Mayr, 1861: 44; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1863a: 402; Wheeler, 1911g: 167; Wheeler, 1922: 944; Emery, 1925d: 261; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 663; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
• Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Paraformica: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.

Junior synonyms

• Eomonocombus Arnol'di, 1968
  Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Eomonocombus)
• Machaeromyrma Forel, 1916
  Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Machaeromyrma)
• Monocombus Mayr, 1855
  Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Monocombus)
• Paraformica Forel, 1915
  Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Paraformica), Formica (Paraformica), Proformica (Paraformica)

Obsolete classifications

• Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis)
• Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis)

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