original descriptionvon Kiesenwetter, E.A.H.; Kirsch, T. (1877). Staphylinidae. <i>Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 21(I)</i>: 160-165 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 161 [details]
original description(ofCrymus longiceps (Broun, 1914))Broun, T. (1914). Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part II. <i>New Zealand Institute Bulletin 1(II)</i>: 79-142 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 89 [details]
basis of recordCheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online athttp://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/[details]