Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Apotectus torticornis.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Achille Raffray ni adtong 1883.^[2] Ang Apotectus torticornis sakop sa kahenera nga Apotectus, ug kabanay nga Staphylinidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Madagascar

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 53296972. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Raffray, A. (1883) Psélaphides nouveaux ou peu connus. Deuxième mémoire. , Revue d'Entomologie, 2: 229-251, pls. 4-5.
3. ↑ Newton A.F. (2019). StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.