Acknowledgements
We are grateful to several colleagues and associates who contributed
specimens, both South American and critical northern hemisphere taxa,
towards this study:
- Brian Farrell, Harvard University, United Stated
- Anthony Eugene Kiszewski, Bentley University, United Stated
- Neusa Hamada, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Brazil
- Ana Maria Oliveira Pes, National Institute of Amazonian Research,
Brazil
- Galileu Petronilo da Silva Dantas, National Institute of Amazonian
Research, Brazil
- Susana Trivinho-Strixino, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- Gilberto Gonçalves Rodrigues, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
We thank all Argentinian, Brazilian, Chilean and Dominican Republic
state and territory governments, and their relevant environment
officers, park rangers and private owners who approved collecting
permits and enabled access that allowed us to collect in protected
areas. Our deepest gratitude goes out to Everton Santos Dias and Rogério
Campos de Oliveira for their help and support during various fieldwork
trips. We are also very grateful to Amanda Carvalho de Andrade and
Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro for useful comments and valuable
suggestions during the initial phase of this study. Special thanks go to
Mark Miller and the CIPRES Science Gateway. The data reported in this
paper were partly obtained thanks to the generosity of George Putnam,
through a Putnam expedition Grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology
at Harvard University. F. L. da Silva was supported by fellowships of
the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP - 2016/07039–8,
2018/01507–5, 2021/08464–2, 2019/25567–0), which allowed the
preparation of the present manuscript.