Mallomys aroaensis (De Vis, 1907) . Ann. Queensl. Mus., 7: 11.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., head of Aroa River (see Flannery et al., 1989, for other data) .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Papuan Central Cordillera from Mt Sisa in the west to Mt Simpson in the east; also highlands of Huon Peninsula (see map in Flannery et al., 1989:95).

SYNONYMS: hercules.