Melophorus microreticulatus Heterick et al., 2017: 200, fig. 42 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Australia: South Australia, Victoria Desert, Emu Camp, 5.x.1976, (8), h1 (P.J.M. Greenslade). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype major worker, 1 paratype media worker, 12 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype major, 1 paratype media, 2 paratype minor workers South Australia, Gawler Ranges, 4.x.1972 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 3 paratype minor workers New South Wales, Fowlers Gap, 18.xi.1979 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 2 paratype minor workers South Australia, Brookfield Conservation Park, 29.x.1991, #2525.7 (S. Shattuck), 2 paratype minor workers Queensland, Cunnamulla, 17.ix.1974 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 2 paratype minor workers South Australia, 5 km. NE Koonamore HS, 26.ii.1973 (P.J.M. Greenslade), 1 paratype minor worker Western Australia, 7 km. NE Leinster, 16.ix.1988, 451, 8MelBh25 (B. Heterick). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA, SAMA, WAMP.