Dactylopsila palpator Milne-Edwards, 1888 . Mem. Cent. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 174.

TYPE LOCALITY: "South coast of New Guinea " .

DISTRIBUTION: Interior New Guinea.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: ernstmayri, palpator .

COMMENTS: Formerly included in Dactylonax (see Haltenorth, 1958).