Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867:13.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Rockhampton .

DISTRIBUTION: E Queensland and New South Wales (Australia); New Guinea; D'Entrecasteaux Isis, Trobriand Isis, Louisiade Arch., and Bismarck Arch. ( Papua New Guinea); Molucca Isis; various adjacent small islands.

SYNONYMS: crassa, finschi, keyensis, major, naias, papuana .

COMMENTS: Includes naias and crassa; see Lidicker and Ziegler (1968:34) and Koopman (1982:8-10).