Kôji Sasakawa, Hirotarô Itô (2017) Two new species of the Pterostichus macrogenys species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae) discovered in shallow subterranean habitats in northern Honshu, Japan. Subterranean Biology 21: 47–56.
新潟県からPterostichus (Nialoe) shinbodakensis Sasakawa & Itô, sp. n.、福島県からPterostichus (Nialoe) tateishiyamanus Sasakawa & Itô, sp. n.を記載。