Sminthopsis virginiae nitella Collett, 1897

Wiig, Øystein & Bachmann, Lutz, 2013, The mammal type specimens at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway, Zootaxa 3736 (5), pp. 587-597 : 590

Sminthopsis lumholtzi Iredale and Troughton, 1934

Memoir Australian Museum, 6, 11.

Valid name. Sminthopsis virginiae nitella Collett, 1897

Holotype: NHMO 2063, male, mounted skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, January 1883.

Remarks. The authors listed this species as a nom. nov. The holotype was originally described by Collet (1897) as Phascologale virginiae . See Archer (1981, 132–139) for further discussion of this type specimen.