Melophorus anderseni Agosti, 1998a: 163, figs. 4, 5 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin, CSIRO, backyard of Division of Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology, 3.ii.1991 (D. Agosti). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, TERC. Type notes: Heterick et al., 2017: 146, cite a paratype male in CASC, but this sex was not mentioned in the original description.