ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This fieldwork and research is funded by National Science Foundation grants (EAR-0307063 & EAR-9903151 to CT). Funding for J. Pantel's participation came from the Summer Systematics Institute at the California Academy of Sciences, which is supported by NSF-REU program (DBI-0139215). P. Roopnarine (CAS) provided invaluable analytical assistance and discussions while L. Anderson (LSU), R. Nehm, J. Freiheit, A. Skaff, and V. Hwang provided field assistance. We are grateful to J. Agnew and especially T. Carpenter for washing and processing the samples in this study, to J. DeMouthe and A. Grimes for curatorial assistance, and P. Roopnarine and J.W. Hagadorn for editorial patience.