Toxidium distortum is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Adults reach a length of about 1.88 mm and have a brown body.

Adults have been collected from an undetermined crust fungus.

Etymology The species epithet is a Latin word meaning ‘twisted’, due to the internal sac shape.Twenty new species of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil

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