Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Edaphus variicollis.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Volker Puthz ni adtong 1986.^[2] Ang Edaphus variicollis sakop sa kahenera nga Edaphus, ug kabanay nga Staphylinidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Anggola
• Kamerun
• Demokratikanhong Republika sa Konggo
• Rwanda

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: 53276669. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Puthz, V. (1986) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Euaesthetinen IL. Fünf neue Edaphus-Arten aus Afrika (Staphylinidae, Coleoptera). , Philippia: Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum zu Kassel, 5 (4): 311-317.
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.