Hypoponera biroi valid New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.
Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:310-338.   124636

Hypoponera biroi rugosa homonym replaced by Hypoponera eutrepta Fiji Is (Viti Levu). Oceania.
Mann, W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64:401-499.   127072