Acknowledgements
We are grateful to several colleagues and associates who contributed specimens, both South American and critical northern hemisphere taxa, towards this study:
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.