Systematische Einordnung
Reich: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Tiere
Unterreich: Bilateria Haeckel, 1874 - Zweiseitentiere
Unterstreich: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Urmünder
Überstamm: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo, Turbeville, Linford, Rivera, Garey, Raff & Lake, 1997 - Häutungstiere
Stamm: Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848 - Gliederfüßer
Unterstamm: Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 - Sechsfüßer
Klasse: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - Insekten
Unterklasse: Pterygota Gegenbaur, 1878 - Fluginsekten
Unterstklasse: Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - Neuflügler
Überordnung: Holometabola Burmeister, 1835 - Holometabole Insekten
Ordnung: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Käfer
Unterordnung: Polyphaga Emery, 1886
Unterstordnung: Staphyliniformia Lameere, 1900
Überfamilie: Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802
Familie: Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 - Kurzflügler
Unterfamilie: Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815
Übertribus: Cephenniitae Reitter, 1882
Tribus: Cephenniini Reitter, 1882
Gattung: Cephennium P. W. J. Müller & Kunze, 1822
Hinweis: In Deutschland nachgewiesene Arten sind mit der Deutschlandfahne 
gekennzeichnet.
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) apicale Reitter, 1882 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) aubei Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) carrarae Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) insulare Holdhaus, 1905
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) nobile Holdhaus, 1905
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) sardoum Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Cephennarium) tarsale Holdhaus, 1905
- Cephennium (Cephennium) P. W. J. Müller & Kunze, 1822)
- Cephennium (Cephennium) albericum Croissandeau, 1894
- Cephennium (Cephennium) angelini Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) argodi Croissandeau, 1891
- Cephennium (Cephennium) assingi Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) australe Wollaston, 1867
- Cephennium (Cephennium) bosnicum Ganglbauer, 1899
- Cephennium (Cephennium) carnicum Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) carpathicum Saulcy, 1878 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) cribrum Croissandeau, 1894
- Cephennium (Cephennium) crinitum W. Blattný & C. Blattný, 1914
- Cephennium (Cephennium) dalmatinum Machulka, 1932
- Cephennium (Cephennium) dariae Lazorko, 1962
- Cephennium (Cephennium) delicatulum Reitter, 1880
- Cephennium (Cephennium) delicatum Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Cephennium) difficile Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) doderoi Binaghi, 1942
- Cephennium (Cephennium) faillai Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Cephennium) fairchildi Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) fairmairei Jakobson, 1910
- Cephennium (Cephennium) fallax Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) fraterculum Besuchet, 1971
- Cephennium (Cephennium) gallicum Ganglbauer, 1899
- Cephennium (Cephennium) helveticum Machulka, 1930
- Cephennium (Cephennium) horni Machulka, 1933 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) hungaricum Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) irenae Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) istriense Machulka, 1932
- Cephennium (Cephennium) italicum Machulka, 1930
- Cephennium (Cephennium) ivanicum Reitter, 1913
- Cephennium (Cephennium) ivanjicense Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) jureceki Machulka, 1930
- Cephennium (Cephennium) kiesenwetteri Aubé, 1853
- Cephennium (Cephennium) kulzeri Lazorko, 1962
- Cephennium (Cephennium) laticolle (Aubé, 1842)
- Cephennium (Cephennium) lavagnei Normand, 1916
- Cephennium (Cephennium) leonhardi Rambousek, 1909
- Cephennium (Cephennium) lessinicum Meybohm & Zanetti, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) machulkai Besuchet, 1971
- Cephennium (Cephennium) majus Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) maritimum Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Cephennium) matronulum Reitter, 1918
- Cephennium (Cephennium) merditanum Apfelbeck, 1907
- Cephennium (Cephennium) mlejneki Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) montanum Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Cephennium) montenegrinum Reitter, 1881
- Cephennium (Cephennium) mycetoeides Wollaston, 1871
- Cephennium (Cephennium) nicaense Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) paganettii Besuchet, 1971
- Cephennium (Cephennium) perispinctum Kolenati, 1846 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) reissi Machulka, 1933 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) remisianum Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) rossii Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Cephennium) ruthenum Machulka, 1925 3 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) sarajevense Machulka, 1932
- Cephennium (Cephennium) serbicum Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) settei Meybohm & Zanetti, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) simile Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Cephennium) sladjanae Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) slovenicum Machulka, 1931 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Cephennium) stolzi Machulka, 1932
- Cephennium (Cephennium) tauricum Winkler, 1913
- Cephennium (Cephennium) tirolense Machulka, 1930
- Cephennium (Cephennium) trebinjense Machulka, 1932
- Cephennium (Cephennium) thoracicum (Müller, P. W. J. & Kunze, 1822)
- Cephennium (Cephennium) vespertilio Kurbatov, 2006
- Cephennium (Cephennium) viti Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) vitoshae Stevanović, 2014
- Cephennium (Cephennium) zoiai Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Geodytes) Saulcy, 1864
- Cephennium (Geodytes) andreinii Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Geodytes) apuanum Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Geodytes) atomarium Saulcy, 1870
- Cephennium (Geodytes) caecum (Saulcy, 1864)
- Cephennium (Geodytes) catalonicum Dodero, 1918
- Cephennium (Geodytes) doderianum Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Geodytes) guillebeaui Xambeu, 1897
- Cephennium (Geodytes) hypogaeum Normand, 1906
- Cephennium (Geodytes) koziorowiczi Orousset, 2006
- Cephennium (Geodytes) lavezzianum Orousset, 2007
- Cephennium (Geodytes) lipadusae Castellini, 2007
- Cephennium (Geodytes) minimum Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Geodytes) minutissimum (Aubé, 184)
- Cephennium (Geodytes) omessanum Bettinger, 193
- Cephennium (Geodytes) rasna Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium (Geodytes) raymondi Orousset, 2006
- Cephennium (Geodytes) romanum W. Blattný & C. Blattný, 1914
- Cephennium (Geodytes) roubali Machulka, 1929
- Cephennium (Macroderus) Croissandeau, 1894
- Cephennium (Macroderus) divergens Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) Apfelbeck, 1911
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) bekchievi Stevanović, 2011
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) cyclonotum Holdhaus, 1924
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) fulvum Schaum, 1859
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) fovangulum Reitter, 1880
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) ganglbaueri Apfelbeck, 1907
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) hlavaci Stevanović, 2011
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) holdhausi Apfelbeck, 1911
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) jablanicense Reitter, 1918
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) nanulum Ganglbauer, 1899
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) punctatum Meybohm & Zanetti, 2014
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) punctithorax Reitter, 1887
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) regale Holdhaus, 1908
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) rubidum Stevanović, 2011
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) saulcyi Reitter, 1879
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) weingaertneri Reitter, 1916
- Cephennium (Neocephennium) wunderlei Stevanović, 2011
- Cephennium (Phennecium) Normand, 1912
- Cephennium (Phennecium) asturicum Reitter, 1880
- Cephennium (Phennecium) bicolor Saulcy, 1870
- Cephennium (Phennecium) caucasicum Saulcy, 1878
- Cephennium (Phennecium) decipiens Normand, 1916
- Cephennium (Phennecium) galitense Besuchet, 1982
- Cephennium (Phennecium) garganicum Pace, 1977
- Cephennium (Phennecium) granulum Reitter, 1884
- Cephennium (Phennecium) grouvellei Croissandeau, 1891
- Cephennium (Phennecium) hipponense Normand, 1941
- Cephennium (Phennecium) ibericum Croissandeau, 1891
- Cephennium (Phennecium) jonicum Holdhaus, 1908 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Phennecium) judaeum Reitter, 1882
- Cephennium (Phennecium) lesinae Reitter, 1881
- Cephennium (Phennecium) liliputanum Reitter, 1881
- Cephennium (Phennecium) lostiae Dodero, 1888
- Cephennium (Phennecium) metasternale Normand, 1909
- Cephennium (Phennecium) puncticolle Reitter, 1885
- Cephennium (Phennecium) punicum Normand, 1912
- Cephennium (Phennecium) pygmaeum Saulcy, 1870 3 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Phennecium) rugatulum Normand, 1912
- Cephennium (Phennecium) scabrum Normand, 1912 2 Unterarten
- Cephennium (Phennecium) senectum Normand, 1932
- Cephennium (Phennecium) siculum Reitter, 1913
- Cephennium (Phennecium) solarii Besuchet, 1958
- Cephennium (Phennecium) theryanum Reitter, 1890 3 Unterarten
Species incertae sedis
- Cephennium lusitanum Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium portomosense Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium scutulatum Castellini, 2011
- Cephennium silvai Castellini, 2011
Schülke & Smetana (2015): Albanien, Algerien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Dänemark, Deutschland, Estlan, Frankreich, Georgien, Griechenland, Großbritannien, Irland, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Libanon, Lichtenstein, Litauen, Marokko, Mazedonien, Moldawien, Montenegro, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Türkei, Tunesien, Ukraine, Ungarn und Weißrussland. Neben der Paläarktis findet man die Gattung Cephennium auch in der Nearktis.
