About the Authors

F. Sara Ceccarelli

saracecca@hotmail.com

Affiliation División de Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Brent D. Opell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, 1405 Perry Street, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States of America

Charles R. Haddad

Affiliation Dept. of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

Robert J. Raven

Affiliation Arachnid Collection, Terrestrial Biodiversity Group, Queensland Museum, Grey St, P. O. Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Queensland, Australia

Eduardo M. Soto

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II (C1428 EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Martín J. Ramírez

Affiliation División de Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FSC MJR. Data curation: FSC BDO CRH RJR EMS MJR. Formal analysis: FSC MJR. Funding acquisition: BDO CRH RJR MJR. Investigation: FSC MJR. Methodology: FSC MJR. Project administration: MJR. Resources: BDO CRH RJR EMS MJR. Supervision: MJR. Validation: FSC MJR. Visualization: FSC. Writing – original draft: FSC. Writing – review & editing: FSC BDO CRH RJR EMS MJR.