Synonymy

• Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758: 421
• Creophilus maxillosus – Leach, 1819: 172
• Staphylinus anonymus Sulzer, 1761: 17
• Staphylinus tertius Schaeffer, 1766: xx, 1
• Staphylinus balteatus De Geer, 1774: 18
• Staphylinus fasciatus Füessly, 1775: 21 [preoccupied]
• Staphylinus nebulosus Geoffroy, 1785: 165
• Staphylinus villosus Gravenhorst, 1802: 160
• Creophilus ciliaris Stephens, 1832: 202
• Creophilus fasciatus Laporte, 1835: 111
• Staphylinus arcticus Erichson, 1839b: 348
• Staphylinus cinerarius Erichson, 1839b: 350
• Staphylinus bicinctus Mannerheim, 1843b: 229 [preoccupied]
• Staphylinus orientalis Motschulsky, 1858d: 67
• Creophilus fulvago Motschulsky, 1860b: 120
• Creophilus imbecillus Sharp, 1874: 28
• Creophilus medialis Sharp, 1874: 28
• Creophilus subfasciatus Sharp, 1874: 28
• Creophilus pulchellus Meier, 1899: 99
• Creophilus canariensis Bernhauer, 1908e: 334
• Creophilus ciliaroides Hatch, 1938: 149

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 421]

Additional references

• Asenjo, A.; Clarke, D.J. 2007: First record of Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Staphylinidae) for Peru. Coleopterists bulletin, 61(4): 551–551. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2007)61[551:FROCML]2.0.CO;2

• Bordoni, A. 2013. New data on Staphylinidae of the Circumsicilian Islands and Heterothops canariensis new record for Italy. 196˚ contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Bollettino dell’Associazione Romana di Entomologia 68(1–4): 1–8. Reference page.  [records, note: p. 4]

• Clarke, D.J. 2011. Testing the phylogenetic utility of morphological character systems, with a revision of Creophilus Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 723–812. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00725.x Reference page. 
• Watson-Horzelski, E.J.; Clark-Aguilard, A.C. 2011: Predatory behaviors of Creophilus maxillosus (L.) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) towards the invasive blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Coleopterists bulletin, 65(2): 177–181. DOI: 10.1649/072.065.0218