found: Campbell, J.M. A catalog of the Coleoptera of American north of Mexico. Family Micropeplidae, 1984:p. 1 (the family Micropeplidae has, until the last decade, been considered by most authors as a subfamily of the family Staphylinidae; two genera, Kalissus and Micropeplus)
found: World list of insect families, via WWW, Jan. 25, 2001(Staphylinidae: Status=valid. Insecta:Coleoptera; synonyms: Brathinidae, Clavigeridae, Dasyceridae, Micropeplidae, Pselaphidae, Scaphidiidae)
found: Nomina insecta Nearctica, via WWW, Jan. 25, 2001(Staphylinidae, Coleoptera; genera Micropeplus and Kalissus listed in family Staphylinidae; families not found: Brathinidae, Clavigeridae, Dasyceridae, Micropeplidae, Pselaphidae, Scaphidiidae)
found: Families of Coleoptera, via WWW, Jan. 25, 2001(Staphylinidae, superfamily Staphylinoidea; other valid families listed in superfamily Staphylinoidea include: Scaphidiidae, Micropeplidae, Dasyceridae, Pselaphidae)
found: ITIS, Jan. 25, 2001(Staphylinidae. Common name: rove beetles. Superfamily Staphylinoidea, Suborder Polyphaga, Order Coleoptera; also lists as valid families: Dasyceridae, Pselaphidae, Scaphidiidae; no entries for: Brathinidae, Clavigeridae, Micropeplidae)