Melophorus brevignathus Heterick et al., 2017: 219, fig. 48 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland, Northern Territory). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, St George, 15.i.1965, ANIC ants vial 20.216 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype major workers, 2 paratype media workers, 4 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype major workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype media, 3 paratype minor workers Northern Territory, Kunoth Paddock, nr Alice Springs, 26.x.1974 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 2 paratype major, 1 paratype minor workers Queensland, 75 km. W Sandringham HS, 6.vi.1980 (P.J.M. Greenslade). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA.