Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 108

 

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 two paratypes, the first two collected on northeast ridge of Mangaoa Peak, altitude 1100-1200 ft., July 25, 1934, by E. C. Zimmerman, the male from Allophyllus, the female from Dodonaea; the male paratype was taken on the east ridge of Mount Perahu, altitude 200-1500 ft., July 21, 1934, from Veronica, and the female paratype, same locality, July 4, 1934, from Metrosideros, collected by E. C. Zimmerman. The male paratype is quite rugose as well as more coarsely punctured than the other three specimens.