ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

 I thank my committee, R. E. Woodruff and M. C. Thomas, 



Florida State Collection of Arthropods, and D. H. Habeck and 



J. W. Kimbrough, University of Florida, for their guidance, 



encouragement, assistance, and editorial comments for this 



and many other studies . Without them I would never have 



attained my goals. I thank M. A. Goodrich, Eastern Illinois 



University, for assistance during this study and for his 



continued support with other studies on the Erotylidae. 



For loans of specimens, including types, I thank the 



following people and their associated institutions: F. G. 



Andrews, California State Collection of Arthropods; R. S. 



Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature; J. S. Ashe, R. W. 



Brooks, and R. A. B. Leschen, Snow Entomological Museum, 



University of Kansas; D. Azuma, Academy of Natural Sciences, 



Philadelphia; A. 0. Bachmann, Museo Argentino de Ciencias 



Naturales; N. Berti, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 



Paris; R. L. Blinn, University of Missouri; M. Brancucci, 



Naturhistorisches Museum Basel; R. L. Brown, Mississippi 



State University; C. Carlton, University of Arkansas; E. D. 



Cashatt, Illinois State Museum; R. D. Cave, Escuela Agricola 



Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; D. S. Chandler, 



University of New Hampshire; F. A. Cholick, South Dakota 



State University; S. M. Clark, West Virginia Department of 



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