Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Atheta elongatula.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst ni adtong 1802.^[2] Ang Atheta elongatula sakop sa kahenera nga Atheta, ug kabanay nga Staphylinidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Uropa
  • Ostralya
  • Belhika
  • Nasod nga Czech
  • Alemanya
  • Finland
  • Pransiya
  • Hiniusang Gingharian
  • Georgia (pagklaro)
  • Gresya
  • Iran
  • Italya
  • Laos
  • Litwanya
  • Olandres
  • Nauru
  • Polskowa
  • Portugal
  • Rumanya
  • Esklobakiya
  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
  • Hiniusang Gingharian
• Rusya
  • Rusya sa Asya
• Turkeya
• Georgia (pagklaro)
• Algyeriya
• Maruwekos
• Tunisia
• Iran
• Koreya

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: 53261732. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Stephens, J. F. (1832) Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. , Mandibulata, Vol. 5. Baldwin & Cradock, London. pp. 1-240, pls. 24-26.
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.