Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 113

 

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 10 paratypes collected as follows: northeast ridge, Mangaoa Peak, altitude 700-1,000 ft., July 6, 1934, from Sida; east ridge, Mount Perahu, altitude 1500-1800 ft., July 28, 1934, from Coprosma; Mount Tanga, altitude 700-800 ft., July 23, 1934, from puru; and south slope, Mount Tepiahu, altitude 400-600 ft., July 20, 1934, from Fitchia, all collected by E. C. Zimmerman, except one by Donald Anderson. A series of eight specimens from Karapo Rahi Islet, adjacent to Rapa, collected at an altitude of 100-300 ft., July 18, 1934, from Pittosporum by E. C. Zimmerman cannot be separated from the above.