Formica festinata Buckley, 1866: 164 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 2006: 85). Primary type locality: neotype U.S.A.: Texas, Travis County, Austin, 150 m. (37.53°N, 97.74°W), 6.viii.1954, #T46 (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Type notes: Original type data: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), U.S.A.: Central Texas (S.B. Buckley), no specimens known to exist (Creighton, 1950a: 376).