Hippaliosina setiformis is recorded from the several locations in the West Pacific.
Original description: Hippaliosina setiformis Tilbrook, 2006.
Locality: New Guinea.
Holotype: BMNH 1971.3.22.3, Paratypes: BMNH 1971.3.22.3, BMNH 1971.3.22.4, BMNH 1971.3.22.5.
Description from Tilbrook, 2006.