Description originale
Van Dyke, E. C. 1937. Rhyncogonus of the Mangarevan Expedition. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 13(11): 89-129. : 111

 

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

 

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 219 specimens, collected in various places, such as the following: northeast ridge, Mangaoa Peak, altitude 1,000-1200 ft., July 4-8, 1934; Maitua, altitude 600-700 ft., July 10, 1934; northeast slope, Mount Tevaitahu, altitude 700-800 ft., July 8, 1934: southeast slope, Mount Tepiahu, July 23, 1934; south ridge, Mount Perahu, altitude 600-1,000 ft., July 13, 1934; Morongota, altitude 700-800 ft., July 11, 1934; Kopenena, July 24, 1934. Most of these were collected by E. C. Zimmerman from the herbage of such plants as Dodonaea, Kadua, Coprosma, and Weinmannia.