Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793) . Zool. New Holland, 1:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: E Queensland to SE South Australia, inland to Deniliquin (New South Wales).

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: frontalis, pulchellus .

COMMENTS: Tate (1938:60) believed the single specimen (of A. pulchellus which is considered a synonym of pygmaeus) obtained in NW New Guinea was probably an introduction as a pet.