I. Rutanen 1994: Gyrophaena kangasi sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) From Finland. - Entomologica Fennica 5: 39-40.
Gyrophaena kangasi sp. n., from Leivonmäki, Central Finland, is described. It differs from its closest European relatives, G. affinis Mannerheim, G. rousi Dvorak, G. rosskotheni Wusthoff and G. obsoleta Ganglbauer in the shape of the male genitalia and the eighth tergite.