About the Authors

Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo

sossajef@si.edu (JSC); schultzt@si.edu (TRS)

Affiliations Maryland Center for Systematic Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, SmithsonianInstitution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Ted R. Schultz

sossajef@si.edu (JSC); schultzt@si.edu (TRS)

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, SmithsonianInstitution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Carlos R. F. Brandão

Affiliation Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Christiana Klingenberg

Affiliation Abteilung Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

Rodrigo M. Feitosa

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Christian Rabeling

Affiliation Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, United States of America

Maurício Bacci Jr.

Affiliation Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

Cauê T. Lopes

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSC TRS CRFB CK RMF CR MB CTL HLV. Performed the experiments: JSC TRS CRFB RMF CR CTL MB. Analyzed the data: JSC TRS CRFB RMF CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSC TRS CRFB CK RMF CR MB CTL HLV. Wrote the manuscript: JSC TRS CRFB CK RMF CR MB CTL HLV. Obtained permissions for collecting specimens: HLV MB CRFB.