Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Philoscotus venustus.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Shuhei Nomura ni adtong 1988.^[2] Ang Philoscotus venustus sakop sa kahenera nga Philoscotus, ug kabanay nga Staphylinidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Hapon
  • Kyushu

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: 53296746. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Nomura, S. (1988) A revision of the subtribe Acetaliina (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from Japan, Part II. , Kontyû, 56 (3): 515-521.
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.