Synonymy

• Staphylinus orbiculatus Paykull, 1789: 35 [original combination]
• Stilicus latiusculus Casey, 1884 [syn. Hoebeke (1995: 69)]
• Stilicus oregonus Casey, 1905 [syn. Hoebeke (1995: 69)]

Primary references

• Paykull, G. 1789. Monographia Staphylinorum Sueciae. Upsaliae: Johann. Edman, 1–8 + 81 pp. Full article Reference page.  [original description]

Additional references

• 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.  [material, comment: p. 122]

• 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, notes: p. 2]
• Hoebeke, E.R. 1995: Three Palearctic species of Rugilus Leach in North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae): redescriptions, new synonymy, and new records. Insecta mundi, 9(1-2): 69–80.

Links

• Rugilus orbiculatus Paykull, 1889 - atlas of rove beetles (Staphylinidae) - photo by K.A. Grebennikov