Ponera truncata var. elliptica Forel, 1900b: 62 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype worker(s ), syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: (no further data). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 137, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) All other Hypoponera species in Forel, 1900b, are from Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner); it is probable that Hypoponera elliptica is the same.