Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler, 1990 . Aust. Mammal., 13:130.

TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis, Buka Isl, Kilu rockshelter .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Buka Isl.

COMMENTS: A distinctive species known only by archaeological fragments (Flannery and Wickler, 1990).