James Traniello -- Boston University
my advisor and all-around good guy

Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo -- Smithsonian Pre-Doctoral Fellow
identification of Myrmicocrypta, Discothyrea, Rogeria, Pyramica, and Strumigenys specimens

Amy Mertl -- Boston University
labmate, officemate, and fieldwork partner. Help with collecting probe specimens and identififcation of Pheidole

Piotr Naskrecki -- MCZ, Conservation International
creation of Mantis database and lots of help with database issues

Ted Schultz -- Smithsonian Institute
identification of Acromyrmex, Apterostigma, Cyphomyrmex, Mycocepurus, Mycetarotes, Sericomyrmex, and Trachymyrmex

Jack Longino -- Evergreen State College
help with identification of Wasmannia and Crematogaster

Scott Powell -- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
help with identifying Cephalotes

Gary Alpert -- Harvard University
help with imaging, database management, and lots of moral support

John Lattke -- Universidad Central de Venezuela
help with identifying Leptogenys

Terry Erwin -- Smithsonian Institution
loan of canopy fogging specimens to be included in this survey

Shawn Dash -- University of Texas at El Paso
help with identifying Hypoponera

Phil Ward -- University of California at Davis
help with identifying Pseudomyrmecinae

Bill Mackay -- University of Texas at El Paso
help with identifying Camponotus and Pachycondyla

James Trager -- Shaw Nature Reserve
identification of Paratrechina specimens

Stefan Cover -- MCZ
identification of Solenopsis, use of ant room, and overall help on everything ant related

Gordon C. Snelling -- New World Army Ants
verification of army ant identifications

Minsheng Wang -- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Tennessee State University
identification of Dacetine specimens to morphospecies

Stephanie Johnson -- Smithsonian Institute graduate student
sorting and identification of Azteca specimens

Brian Fisher -- California Academy of Sciences
identification of Amblyopone specimen