Synonymy

• Leptacinus japonicus Cameron, 1933: 169
  • Phacophallus japonicus — Bordoni, 2002: 541
• Leptacinus chinensis Cameron, 1940: 251

Primary references

• Cameron, M. 1933. New species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from Japan. Entomologist's monthly magazine 69: 168–175. PDF. [original description: p. 169]

• Bordoni, A. 2002. Xantholinini della Regione Orientale (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Classificazione, filogenesi e revisione tassonomica. [Xantholinini of the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision.] Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin) 33: 1–998. ISBN 8886041454 Reference page.  [comb. nov.: p. 541]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2003. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Xantholinini della Cina. II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 125° contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae. [Contribution to the knowledge of Xantholinini from China. II. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Fragmenta entomologica 34: 255–292. Reference page.  [material (China), note: p. 263]

• Bordoni, A. 2009. Xantholinini della Cina, della Regione Orientale e dell'Australia. Nuove specie e nuovi dati geonemici (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 177° contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae. [Xantholinini of China, eastern region and Australia. New species and new genome data (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).] Fragmenta entomologica 41(1): 87–111. DOI: 10.4081/fe.2009.84 Reference page.  [material, note: p. 91, 100, 108]

• Bordoni, A. 2012. New data on Xantholinini from China – 18. Species from Yunnan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 227° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 44(1): 427–436. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution, note: p. 429]

• Bordoni, A. 2012. New data on the Xantholinini of the Oriental Region. XXX. A new species and new records from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 235^th Contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Redia, 2012: 35–37. Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 35]

• Bordoni, A. 2012. New data on the Xantholinini of the Oriental Region 31. New species and new records from Laos of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. [237^th contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae.] Quaderno di studi e notizie di storia naturale della Romagna 36: 105–113. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 110]

• Bordoni, A. 2012. New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. 28°. New species and new records from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 233° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Fragmenta entomologica 44(1): 79–86. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 84]

• Bordoni, A. 2013. Revisione degli Xantholinini della sottoregione polinesiana (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). [218º contributo alla conoscenza degli Staphylinidae]. Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 90(1): 1–58. DOI: 10.4081/memorieSEI.2013.1 Reference page.  [material, description, distribution: p. 35]

• Bordoni, A. 2013. New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 244° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(2): 1745–1797. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, distribution, note: p. 1757]

• Bordoni, A. 2016. New data on the Xantholinini from China. 27°. New species and new records in the collection of Tateo Ito, Kyoto (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 265° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 148(3): 115–119. Reference page.  [material: p. 116]

• Bordoni, A. 2017. New data on the Australasian Xantholinini. 9^th. New genus, new species, and new records from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). [259^th contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae]. Fragmenta entomologica 49(1): 115–120. DOI: 10.4081/fe.2017.240 Reference page.  [material, distribution (spelled Phacophallus japonicas): p. 119]

• Bordoni, A. 2017. New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. 43. New species and new records from Thailand in the Naturhistorisches Museum of Basel (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). 281° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 49(2): 1219–1229. PDF Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 1226]