1. The authors would like to thank the Direcci�n de Recursos Minerales of Panama for collection permits. Thanks to the Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ-UFRJ;Ricardo Lopes;the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de S�o Paulo (MZUSP), the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), and the Mus�um national d'histoire naturelle
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