Protonym: Ponera truncata var. elliptica
Authorship Forel, 1900b: 62
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Hypoponera elliptica Species Valid
Ponera truncata elliptica Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Hypoponera elliptica (Forel, 1900)
Original combination