Leptomys elegans Thomas, 1897 . Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18:610.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea (= "British New Guinea "), Central Prov., Astrolabe Range behind Port Moresby (according to Tate, 1951:223, but Laurie and Hill, 1954: 132 noted that no exact locality was published) .

DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea; known only from Owen Stanley Range below 1250 m from region near and northwest of Port Morseby east to Mt Dayman; limits unknown.

COMMENTS: Poorly represented in museum collections.