Primary references

• Thomson, C.G. 1861: Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt bearbetade. 3: 1–278. Lund: Berlingska Boktryckeriet. [original description: p. 50]

Additional references

• 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. 7]
• Gusarov, V.I. 2004: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Halobrecta Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with notes on some Palaearctic species of the genus. Zootaxa, 746: 1–25. Abstract & excerpt PDF

• Klimaszewski, J.; Webster, R.; Assing, V. Savard, K. 2008: Diglotta mersa (Haliday) and Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, two new species for the Canadian fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 2: 175–188. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.18 Reference page. 
• Klimaszewski, J.; Maus, C.; Gardiner, A. 2002: The importance of tracking introduced species: new records of athetine rove beetles from South Atlantic Inaccessible Island (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 56: 481–490. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0481:TIOTIS]2.0.CO;2 [misidentification of Halobrecta algophila, according to Gusarov (2004: 13)]
• Klimaszewski, J.; Newton, A.F., jr.; Thayer, M.K. 1996: A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 23: 143–160. [misidentification of Halobrecta algophila?]
• Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) ISSN: 0114-8818 ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF [misidentification of Halobrecta algophila?]