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 back to About AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Terrence Walters and Amanda J. Redford, USDA/APHIS/PPQ/CPHST/ITP and the University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, for funding the development of Oncid ID.We thank Steven W. Lingafelter (Systematic Entomology Lab / US National Museum), Michael C. Thomas (Florida State Collection of Arthropods), Larry G. Bezark (California Department of Agriculture), and Andrew R. Cline (California Department of Agriculture) for critical suggestions to an earlier version of this tool. Helpful comments and suggestions were also provided by Miguel A. Monné (Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro), Ian P. Swift (Orange County, CA), James E. Wappes (American Coleoptera Museum), Terrence Walters (USDA/APHIS/PPQ/CPHST/ITP), and Amanda J. Redford (USDA/APHIS/PPQ/CPHST/ITP). Gérard-Luc Tavakilian (Antenne IRD, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle) and Steven W. Lingafelter (Systematic Entomology Lab / US National Museum) generously shared hundreds of Onciderini holotype photographs. We are especially grateful to the following individuals for facilitating our collections-based research: Max Barclay, Sharon Shute, and Roger Booth (The Natural History Museum), Miguel A. Monné and Marcela L. Monné (Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro), Ubirajara R. Martins and Antonio Santos-Silva (Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo), Steven W. Lingafelter (Systematic Entomology Lab / US National Museum), Michael C. Thomas and Paul E. Skelley (Florida State Collection of Arthropods), and Gérard-Luc Tavakilian (Antenne IRD, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle). This work would not have been possible without the help of numerous institutions and individuals: Ian P. Swift (Orange County, CA); Miguel A. Monné and Marcela L. Monné (Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro); Ubirajara R. Martins and Antonio Santos-Silva (Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo); Steven W. Lingafelter and Jens Prena (Systematic Entomology Lab / US National Museum); Michael C. Thomas and Paul E. Skelley (Florida State Collection of Arthropods); Gérard-Luc Tavakilian and Guy Couturier (Antenne IRD, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle); James E. Wappes (American Coleoptera Museum); Roy F. Morris (Lakeland, FL), Larry G. Bezark and Andrew R. Cline (California Department of Agriculture); Frank T. Hovore (deceased); Thierry Deuve and Azadeh Taghavian (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle); Max Barclay, Sharon Shute, and Roger Booth (The Natural History Museum); Eva Sprecher and Isabelle Zürcher-Pfander (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel); Damir Kovac (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum); Maria Helena M. Galileo (Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul); Bert Viklund (Swedish Museum of Natural History); Johannes Frisch (Sammlungen Museum für Naturkunde); Alexey Solodovnikov and Sree Gayathree Selvantharan (Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen); David Furth (US National Museum/Smithsonian Institution); Michael Balke (Bavarian State Collection of Zoology); D. Solange Napp (Universidade Federal do Paraná); Stewart Peck (Carleton University); Buzz L. Hoffmann (Tucson, AZ); E. Richard Hoebeke (University of Georgia), Robert L. Davidson (Carnegie Museum of Natural History); Juan Enrique Barriga-Tuñón (Curicó, Chile), Sarah Carbonel Carril (Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos); Julieta Ledezma and Jose Luís Aramayo (Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado); Antonio Bonaso and Tiziano Betella (Potrerillos del Guendá); Dan Heffern (Houston, TX); Adriano Giorgi (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco); Heather L. Paulsen (University of New Mexico); Ángel Solís and Álvaro Herrera (INBio); Alan Mudge (Oregon Department of Agriculture); Kenji Nishida (Universidad de Costa Rica); Pierre-Henri Dalens, Jean-Louis Giuglaris, and Denis Faure (French Guiana); Julien Touroult (Société entomologique Antilles-Guyan, Soyaux, France); Alain Drumont and Pol Limbourg (Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique); Olaf Jæger (Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany). Roy Larimer (Visionary Digital) provided support for the BK Plus and Passport imaging systems. Matt Taylor and Damian Barnier (Lucidcentral.org) provided software support. |
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