Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) rykei Hunter, 1967b: 34. Gamasellus rykei.— Hunter, 1970: 61.
Pilellus rykei.— Lee, 1970: 170; Lee & Hunter, 1974: 324.
Type depository. British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Type locality and habitat. Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands, 15 March 1964, on Polytrichum alpinum [Polytrichaceae] mat.