Extant: 4 valid subspecies
Formica fugax Latreille, 1798 PDF: 46 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. AntCat AntWikiTaxonomic history
Hauschteck, 1961 PDF: 221 (k.); Santschi, 1910e PDF: 649 (gynandromorph).Combination in Diplorhoptrum: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 450; Baroni Urbani, 1968b PDF: 63; Kutter, 1977c: 102; Bernard, 1978a: 574; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 64; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 168.Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 751; Emery, 1909a PDF: 30; Emery, 1922c PDF: 201; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 182; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 387.Senior synonym of Solenopsis flavidula: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 450; Smith, 1855b PDF: 121.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax kasalinensis: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax pontica: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221.Senior synonym of Solenopsis latroides: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax scythica: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50.See also: Donisthorpe, 1915f: 102; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 85; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285; Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 33; Galkowski et al., 2010 PDF: 153, 160.Senior synonym of: Solenopsis avium, Solenopsis balachowskyi, Solenopsis banyulensis, Solenopsis delta, Solenopsis duboscqui, Solenopsis furtiva, Solenopsis insulare, Solenopsis laevithorax, Solenopsis monticola, Solenopsis nicaeensis, Solenopsis pilosum, Solenopsis provincialis, Solenopsis pygmaea, Solenopsis richardi, Solenopsis robusta, Solenopsis rugosa, Solenopsis tertialis: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 492-493.Senior synonym of Solenopsis orientalis: Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 49; Emery, 1922c PDF: 202; Karavaiev, 1934: 122; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 242; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 387; Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 203; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 141; Radchenko, 2016: 180.