Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary 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 (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0455428.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CASC.
[Justified emendation of spelling to Nesomyrmex medusa by B. Bolton.]