Synonymy

• Staphylinus fulgidus Fabricius, 1787: 220 [original combination]
• Xantholinus angulatus Kuster, 1848: 7
• Staphylinus fulgescens Turton, 1802: 523
• Xantholinus intermedius Kuster, 1848: 8
• Gauropterus pseudosanguinipes Coiffait, 1964: 504
• Staphylinus pyropterus Gravenhorst, 1806: 102
• Staphylinus pyropterus Latereille, 1804: 334

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 220]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2017. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some West Palaearctic and Middle Asian Xantholinini, with a revalidation and new synonymies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49(1): 235–252. PDF Reference page.  [material: p. 237]

• Bordoni, A. 2007. Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Zootaxa 1624: 59–68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179260 Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 60]

• Bordoni, A. 2014. New data on the Palaearctic Xantholinini. 8. New records and illustrations on some species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). 247° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Onychium 10: 56–67. Reference page.  [material, notes: p. 58]

• Bordoni, A. 2017. New data on the Palaearctic Xantholinini. 12. New species, new designations and new records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). 275^th contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Onychium 13: 107–115. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.439728 Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 108]