Andrew Matthews (entomologist)

The Reverend Andrew Matthews, M.A. (18 June 1815 – 14 September 1897) was a British clergyman and an entomologist who specialised in beetles (Coleoptera).

Little is known of him, except that (according to the frontispiece of his 1878 book Trichopterygia illustrata) he was styled "The Reverend" and held an M.A. degree from Oxford University. He studied some of the tiniest beetles, which are the most difficult to identify. He described several species, notably in the genus Nicrophorus, and is the binomial authority for at least three. His collection passed to Philip Brookes Mason, of Burton-on-Trent, who edited some of Matthews' papers for posthumous publication.^[1]

His chief interests were in the families Trichopterygia, Corylophidae and Sphaeriidae.

Species described

• Nicrophorus mexicanus (1888)
• Nicrophorus montezumae (1888), junior synonym of N. marginatus
• Nicrophorus olidus (1888)
• Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus (1888)

Publications

• The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. Oxon (January 1878). Trichopterygia illustrata et descripta: A Monograph of the Trichopterygia. archive.org. London: E. W. Janson. Retrieved 2 June 2016. 
• Sharp, David; Matthews, Andrew; Lewis, George (1887–1905). Bates, Henry Walter, ed. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume II, Part 1. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 
• The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. (1899). Mason, Philip B., ed. A Monograph of the Coleopterous Families Corylophidae and Sphaeriidae. archive.org. London: O. E. Janson & Son. Retrieved 2 June 2016. 
• The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. (1900). Mason, Philip B., ed. Trichopterygia illustrata et descripta: A Monograph of the Trichopterygia – Supplement. archive.org. London: O. E. Janson & Son. Retrieved 2 June 2016. 

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