Liparocephalus, Maklin, 1853

Tasaku, Yuto, Ono, Hiroki & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2023, Review of the intertidal rove beetle tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Zootaxa 5383 (3), pp. 251-296 : 256

Key to Japanese species of Liparocephalus

1. Body almost black, head rounded, mandibles short (normal such as most Diaulota species); sexual dimorphism in head shape not significant................................................................................. L. litoralis

- Body reddish brown, head quadrangular, mandibles elongate; sexual dimorphism significant: head and mandibles larger in male than in female............................................................................... L. tokunagai