This study was made possible through the support and assistance of the following colleagues and institutions. We thank all of them very much.

• Direccion de Investigacion de la Universidad de Concepciòn (DIUC 97.113.042-1.0)
• Torsten Dikow (Cornell University, Ithaca and New York State Museum, New York, USA, NYSM)
• Dr. Zachary H. Falin (Snow Entomological Collection, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, SEMC)
• Dr. Eric M. Fisher (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, USA)
• Dr. David A. Grimaldi (New York State Museum, New York, USA, NYSM)
• Felix Grimm (John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Qc, Canada)
• Dr. Martin Hauser (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, USA)
• Dr. Kevin C. Holston (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, NHRS)
• Milan Hradský (Zásmuky, Czech Republic)
• Dr. Marion Kotrba (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany, ZSMC)
• Jenny Pohl (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany, ZMHB)
• Wolfgang Schacht (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany, ZSMC)
• Dr. Gary J. Steck (Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, USA, FSCA)
• Dr. F. Christian Thompson (Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, USNM)
• Dr. Peter Tschorsnig (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany, SMNS)
• Hella Wendt (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany, ZMHB)
• Dr. Joachim Ziegler (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany, ZMHB)