Synonymy

• Brachydirus championi Sharp 1884: 350 [original combination]
  • Nordus championi — Herman, 2001: 3579

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1884. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 313–392, pls. 8–9]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 350]

• Herman, L.H. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (Part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae†. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 3021–3840. Handle Reference page.  [comb. nov., distribution: p. 3579]

Additional references

• Asenjo, A., Irmler, U., Klimaszewski, J., Herman, L.H. & Chandler, D.S. 2013. A complete checklist with new records and geographical distribution of the rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Brazil. Insecta mundi 0277: 1–419. Full article (PDF).Reference page.  [distribution, locality records: p. 334]

• Chatzimanolis, S. 2004. A revision of the neotropical genus Nordus Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina). Entomologische Abhandlungen 62(1): 3–64. PDF Reference page.  [lectotype, material, redescription, diagnosis, distribution, remarks: p. 14, figs. 28, 75, 104, 114, 146–149]