Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 110

 

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 171 specimens, collected at various places such as: east ridge of Mount Perahu, altitude 1200-1500 ft., July 20-28, 1934; south slope, Mount Tepiahu, altitude 400-600 ft., July 20, 1934; southeast slope, Mount Pukutaketake, altitude 500-600 ft., July 11, 1934; near Anatauri Bay, July 30, 1934. They were all collected by E. C. Zimmerman, the greatest number by beating such shrubs as Dodonaea, Coprosma and Veronica.