Parepierus brunneus is a beetle first described as Abraeus brunneus by Thomas Broun in 1881.Mazur, Slawomir (1997) A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement)Broun, T. (1881) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II, xxiii + pp. 653-744 . Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington In 2017, it was reassigned to Parepierus by R. A. B. Leschen and M. Ôhara.
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