Sminthopsis virginiae (de Tarragon, 1847) . Rev. Zool. Paris, p. 177.

TYPE LOCALITY: None given; Archer (1981:132) designated Australia, Queensland, Herbert Vale .

DISTRIBUTION: N Queensland, N Northern Territory (Australia); Aru Isis (Indonesia); S New Guinea.

STATUS: Unknown.

SYNONYMS: iumholtzi, nitela, rona, rufigenis.

COMMENTS: See Archer (1979:329, 1981: 132) and Kirsch and Calaby (1977:15). De Tarragon's 1847 description of S. virginiae did not specify a type locality and his type specimen, now lost, had no known locality. Collett (1886 [1887]:548) named S. nitela from Herbert Vale and it was subsequently renamed S. Iumholtzi, both of which are referable to virginiae; see Archer (1981: 136).