[NHCOLL-L:1073] Coleoptera Histeridae preserved in amber from Dominican Republic

[Fabio Penati]

Dear Colleagues,
I have recently received a piece of amber from Santo Domingo with a perfectly preserved specimen of Histeridae (a beetle) included.
I am a specialist of this beetle family, but I have never worked on specimens preserved in amber nor I have known anything about Histeridae in amber before.
So, I would be really grateful to everyone will be able to give me bibliographical references on:
1 - methods for studying and describing insects preserved in amber;
2 - fossil coleoptera from Santo Domingo amber;
3 - Coleoptera Histeridae preserved in amber.
 
Thank you very much indeed.
Fabio Penati
 
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