Nylanderia mendax Williams et al., 2025: 578, figs. 49-51 (w.) GUATEMALA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Guatemala: Zacapa, 2km SE La Unión, 14.95039 -89.27894 ±53m, elev. 1440m, cloud forest, sifted litter, 12.v.2009, cloud forest, sifted litter, LLAMA#Wm-B-03-1-04. Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT01131331. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MNCR, USNM. Secondary type specimens: USNMENT01131210, USNMENT01131328, USNMENT01131329, USNMENT01131330, USNMENT01131332, USNMENT01131876, USNMENT01131877, USNMENT01131878.