G. it. Ent., 15 (65): 719-722
March 2020
Il recupero estetico dei Coleotteri ipogei ed endogei iperpigmentati
(Coleoptera)
di
PAOLO MAGRINI
Abstract – The aesthetic recovery of hyperpigmented hypogean and endogean Beetles (Coleoptera) - The Author explains a simple method to clear and return to the original color the hypogean and endogean Beetles which have undergone a more or less marked darkening, for various reasons, of their integuments, usually yellow testaceous or amber. It is a matter of boiling the specimens, previously rehydrated, in Hydrogen Peroxide at 10-12 volumes for 2-3 minutes, and then after having washed them in water and dried them, prepare them on cardboard.
