Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 109

 

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 several designated paratypes from a series of 21 specimens; the holotype, collected on the south slope of Mount Tepiahu, altitude 400-600 ft., July 16, 1934, from dead fronds of Cyathea; the allotype from the northeast ridge of Mangaoa Peak, altitude 1,000-1200 ft., July 6, 1934. Other specimens were collected on Rapa as follows: 10 at the same time and place as the allotype; 4 from Mount Vairu, altitude 1100 ft., July 12, 1934; and others from the northwest slope, Mount Tautautu, altitude 700-800 ft., July 9, 1934; south slope, Mount Tautautu, altitude 400-600 ft., July 6, 1934; northeast slope, Mount Tautautu, altitude 700-800 ft., July 8, 1934; Morongota, altitude 700-800 ft., July 11, 1934; and Mount Tanga, July 26, 1934; all from fronds of Cyathea medullaris except one from Eurya, all collected by E. C. Zimmerman.