Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Glyphesthus niger.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Ernst Gustav Kraatz ni adtong 1858.^[2] Ang Glyphesthus niger sakop sa kahenera nga Glyphesthus, ug kabanay nga Staphylinidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Senegal
• Gambia
• Guinea
• Kotidaybor
• Niger
• Tunga-tungang Aprikanhong Republika
• Etyopiya

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: 53312527. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Kraatz, G. (1858) Einige neue und ausgezeichnete Staphylinen-Gattungen. , Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2: 361-368, pl. 3.
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.