Derbyana

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Italic title}} {{Taxobox | image = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | familia = Dermestidae | genus = ''Dermestes'' | subgenus = '''''Derbyana''''' | species = '''''D. matthewsi''''' | binomial = ''Dermestes (Derbyana) matthewsi'' | binomial_authority = Lawrence & Slipinski, 2005 }}

The species '''''Dermestes (Derbyana) matthewsi''''', also called '''''Derbyana matthewsi''''' or '''''Dermestes matthewsi''''', is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae.<ref>[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Dermestidae.txt Dermestidae Species List] at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 14 May 2012. </ref><ref>[https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fb5c63a0-b305-4ddf-8e06-96dec8ad8fb6 Dermestes (Derbyana) matthewsi (Lawrence & Slipinski, 2005)] by Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved on 8 January 2025.</ref>

It is currently the only species in the subgenus ''Derbyana''. Formally, the species was the only species of the genus ''Derbyana'' and it was considered a very distinctive and presumably native genus to Australia. However, after a study to the molecular phylogeny of the Dermestidae family, it was revealed that the taxonomic placement of ''Derbyana matthewsi'' was nested in the ''Dermestes'' genus. Both ''Dermestes ater'' and ''Dermestes lardarius'' are species from the ''Dermestes s. str.'' subgenus. The species ''D. matthewsi'' is closer related to ''Dermestes ater'' than ''Dermestes lardarius'' is to ''Dermestes ater''. After this revelation, the status of ''Derbyana'' was changed to subgenus rank.<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac026 Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts] by Yu-Lingzi Zhou, ''et al''. Published in Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 6, Issue 6, in November 2022.</ref><ref>[https://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Dermestinae.pdf World Dermestidae. Subfamily: Dermestinae Latreille, 1804] by Jiří Háva. Published in April 2023.</ref><ref>[http://dermestidae.com/ Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world] by Andreas Herrmann. Retrieved on 8 January 2025.</ref>

The species is found in northern Western Australia. This includes Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte.<ref>[https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Derbyana Subgenus Dermestes (Derbyana) Lawrence and Ślipiński, 2005] by the Australian Government, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved on 8 January 2025.</ref>

==References== {{Wikispecies|Derbyana}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Dermestidae Category:Insect subgenera