Synonymy

• Stilicus rufescens Sharp, 1874: 61 [original combination]
• Stilicus indicus Cameron, 1914: 542
• Stilicus rufescens var. indicus: Cameron (1931)
• Rugilus kamchaticus Ryabukhin, 2007: 2 [new synonym in Assing, 2012: 167]

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1874. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [22(1)]: 1–103. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00159.x BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 61]

• Assing, V., 2012. The Rugilus species of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A 5: 115–190. PDF Reference page.  [syn. nov., material, comment, redescription, distribution: p. 167, figs. 210–214]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2014: A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus. IV. Three new species from Nepal and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 46(1): 449–459. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 458]

• Assing, V. 2015. A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus. V. Two new species from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 47(1): 73–82. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 81]