Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara, Parc Nat. de Tsimanampetsotsa, Mitoho Cave, 6.4 km. 77° ENE Efoetse, 17.4 km. 170° S Beheloka, 24°03’S, 43°46’E [-24.04722 N, 43.75317 E], 65 m., 18-22.iii.2002, BLF06201 (Fisher, et al.). Type-depository: CASC. Type-specimen: CASENT0455428.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 2 paratype males. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: CASC.
[Justified emendation of spelling to Nesomyrmex medusa by B. Bolton.]