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