Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 106

 

Statut pour la Polynésie française
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. [PF = E]

 

Statut pour la Polynésie française
Ramage, T. 2017. Checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of French Polynesia (Chelicerata; Myriapoda; Crustacea; Hexapoda). Zoosystema, 39(2): 213-225. [PF = E]

 

Distribution en Polynésie française : Australes (Rapa iti)

Matériel type : Rapa, holotype male, allotype female and numerous designated paratypes from a series of 175 specimens, the first two collected at an elevation of 25 ft., a quarter of a mile east of Area, July 1, 1934, by beating Hibiscus tiliaceus. Others were taken at various times and places such as: Mount Tanga, altitude 700-800 ft., July 25, 1934, on Sida; east slope of Mount Vairu, altitude 700-800 ft., July 26, 1934, collected by Donald Anderson; northeast slope of Mount Tevaitahu, altitude 700-800 ft., July 8, 1934, on Sida, Dodonaea, and puru; near Area, altitude 200 ft., July 8, 1934, by C. M. Cooke, J L, and Donald Anderson. All these were from Rapa and except where stated otherwise were collected by E. C. Zimmerman.