Reference
Lucas Geisler, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Yurevitsh Solodovnikov (2024): Integrative taxonomy suggests species status for Philonthus sideropterus Kolenati, 1846 sp. propr., the former color form of Philonthus splendens (Fabricius, 1793) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History – 7_1: 9 - 23.