Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Leistus sardous.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Baudi di Selve ni adtong 1883.^[2] Ang Leistus sardous sakop sa kahenera nga Leistus, ug kabanay nga Carabidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Algyeriya
• Tunisia
• Pransiya
• Italya

Ang kaliwatan gibahinbahin ngadto sa matang nga nahiubos:^[1]

• L. s. romanus
• L. s. sardous

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: 40026692. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ LORENZ, Wolfgang M.T. (2005) Nomina Carabidarum. A directory of the scientific names of ground beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera "Geadephaga": Trachypachidae and Carabidae incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae). 2. Edition. - , 993 pp. (Tutzing: W.LORENZ).
3. ↑ Lorenz W. (2019). CarabCat: Global database of ground beetles (version Oct 2017). 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.