Defining the phylogeographic relationship between cis- and trans-Andean populations of Dendrocincla fuliginosa and Xenops minutus in Colombia

Definiendo las relaciones filogeográficas entre poblaciones cis- y trans-andinas de Dendrocincla fuliginosa y Xenops minutus en Colombia

Phylogeographic studies of widespread lowland Neotropical birds usually have indicated a strong genetic differentiation among allopatric populations (Cheviron et al., 2005; Fernandes et al., 2014; Harvey & Brumfield, 2015; Marks et al., 2002; Miller et al., 2008; Nyári, 2007; Rheindt et al., 2009). For lowland species, these studies have usually considered the Andes mountains as a barrier to gene flow between populations to the West (trans-Andean) and to the East (cis-Andean). For species such as Automolus ochrolaemus, A. subulatus (Schultz et al., 2017), Hylophylax naevius/ H. naevioides (Fernandes et al., 2014), Lepidothrix coronata (Cheviron et al., 2005), and Myiopagis viridicata (Rheindt et al., 2009), a clear phylogeographic differentiation between cis- and trans-Andean populations has been found. However, other species such as Glyphorynchus spirurus (Marks et al., 2002), Schiffornis turdina (Nyári, 2007), and Mionectes oleagineus (Miller et al., 2008), exhibit a lower degree of genetic differentiation between trans- and cis-Andean populations. Therefore, recent dispersion (or population connection) across (or around) the Andes, originally proposed by Haffer (1967), has been considered to explain such phylogeographic relationships between cis- and trans-Andean populations. Results of these single-species studies, agree with those studies including several lowland bird species (Smith, Harvey et al., 2014; Smith, McCormack et al., 2014), indicating that phylogeographic relationships among populations in Neotropical lowlands are complex. Connection across the Andes as a cause underlying the actual patterns of species distributions has also been analyzed using geographic models of potential ranges of bird species, and there is evidence of historic ecological continuity across low-lying passes that could promote population connectivity between cis- and trans-Andean regions (Cadena et al., 2016).

Despite advances in the knowledge of the evolution of lowland Neotropical birds, phylogeographic patterns of these lineages have been derived mainly from information from Mexico, Central America, and Brazil; but a gap often exists in phylogeographic information from Colombia. Given the geographic location of Colombia between Central and South America, their complex landscape, and the dynamic history of their environment (Cadena et al., 2007, 2016; Flantua et al., 2007; Haffer, 1967; Nores, 2004); more taxon and geographic sampling across this country is crucial to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Neotropical organisms (Avendaño et al., 2017). To test if Colombian populations adhere to the established cis/trans Andean dichotomy, phylogeographic patterns of 2 widespread lowland species that range on both sides of the Andes and inhabit forests were analyzed: Dendrocincla fuliginosa and Xenops minutus (Furnariidae).

Dendrocincla fuliginosa (Vieillot, 1818) ranges from southeastern Honduras to eastern Brazil, mainly below 1,300 m asl, but occasionally up to 2,000 m asl. This species inhabits humid and savanna forests in lowlands and foothills, generally in mature forests, but it also tolerates secondary vegetation and plantations. Dendrocincla fuliginosa forages for invertebrates and small vertebrates on vertical trunks at low- and mid-levels, usually alone but also follows ant swarms (as facultative) and mixed-species flocks (Del Hoyo et al., 2003; Restall et al., 2006). This species comprises 11 subspecies; 4 of which occur in Colombia (Gill & Donsker, 2018). Molecular information indicated that the diversification of D. fuliginosa began around 4 myA (Derryberry et al., 2011; Weir & Price, 2011).

Materials and methods

Eighteen tissue samples of D. fuliginosa (17 localities from 8 Colombian departments) and 13 tissue samples of X. minutus (12 localities from 9 Colombian departments), covering their main distribution ranges in Colombia (Appendix 1) were used. DNA was isolated from frozen tissues using Qiagen DNeasyTM kit (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA, USA), following the manufacturer protocol. I amplified the mitochondrial (mtDNA) gene subunit 2 of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase (ND2), using primers H1056U and L5215U (H. Vázquez-Miranda in litt.) and the nuclear (nDNA) locus 20454 using primers 20454F and 20454R (Backström et al., 2008). All PCR trials were performed in a final volume of 15 μl, containing 1x PCR buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl₂, 0.2 mM each dNTP, 0.4-0.5 μM each primer, 1-2 unit DNA polymerase, and around 50-100 ng of DNA. PCR conditions were the same used for those loci in Arbeláez-Cortés et al. (2014).

PCR products were purified using Exo-SAP-ITTM (GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. Piscataway, NJ, USA), and the sequences were obtained by ABI Prism BigdyeTM v3.1 (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA, USA) terminator chemistry in an ABI 3730XL automated sequencer located in an overseas facility (University of Washington, USA). All PCR products were exported from Colombia under the respective permission of Colombian authorities (see Acknowledgments). Sequences were edited and manually aligned using BioEdit (Hall, 1999). For sequences of nDNA, I inspected chromatograms to detect double peaks, which were edited by coding them following a standard IUPAC ambiguity code. Double peaks were scanned across all individuals to check for accuracy and consistency in their identification. The allele phase of the nDNA locus was resolved using a coalescent-based Bayesian method of the Phase algorithm (Stephens & Donnelly, 2003; Stephens et al., 2001) in DNAsp v.5 (Librado & Rozas, 2009) employing default settings. The resulting highest-probability haplotypes for further analyses were used. All sequences are deposited in GenBank (MN486096-MN486154).

For the mtDNA locus ND2, additional sequences of other countries from GenBank were obtained. For D. fuliginosa, 17 sequences from Brazil, 3 from Suriname, 2 from Peru, 2 from Venezuela, 2 from Panama, 1 from Ecuador, and 1 from Trinidad and Tobago were obtained (Claramunt et al., 2010; Naka et al., 2012; Weir et al., 2009). For X. minutus, 21 sequences were obtained from Guyana, 10 from Belize, 9 from Panama, 8 from Brazil, 2 from Venezuela, 1 from Ecuador, and 1 from Paraguay (Derryberry et al., 2011; Naka et al., 2012, M.J. Miller, 2008 unpublished). For each of these GenBank sequences, I obtained the geographical information available either from: their metadata, the database of the biological collection which harbors the sample, the supplementary material of the cited papers, or from other papers in which several of these individuals have been included (C.W. Burney, 2009 unpublished; Smith et al., 2014). Only GenBank sequences for which there was at least country information were included. I georeferenced localities without information using GeoNames (GeoNames, 2013) or Google Earth (Google, 2010). In the cases where only the information for the country or state was available, I used central geographic coordinates to depict their position on a map only for illustrative purposes. I included ND2 sequences from closest congeneric species, Xenops rutilans and Dendrocincla anabantina (Derryberry et al., 2011) as outgroups. A list of samples with GenBank accession numbers is provided in appendix 1. Because the size of the sequences obtained and the ones available from GenBank varied, I trimmed the ND2 alignments to 625 bp, for D. fuliginosa, and to 622 bp for X. minutus. For the nDNA locus 20454 I aligned 285 bp for D. fuliginosa and 381 bp for X. minutus. However, full sequences were deposited in GenBank.

It should be noted that Weir and Price (2011) indicated that D. fuliginosa is paraphyletic. These authors found that the eastern South American populations are distantly related from the western populations. For this reason, I analyzed both the whole set of sequences available for D. fuliginosa and a subset from its western range, but I focus my results and discussion on the latter. Here, I refer to these populations as D. fuliginosa, even though the information in Weir and Price (2011) indicates that they can be considered under a different name.

BEAST version 1.7.4 (Drummond et al., 2012; Drummond et al., 2012) was used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among ND2 haplotypes. The best-fit model for each alignment was selected using Akaike’s information criterion in Modeltest, version 3.7 (Posada & Crandall, 1998). I ran BEAST for 200,000,000 steps, sampling every 2,000 steps, using a Yule speciation tree prior, a UPGMA starting tree, and a strict molecular clock with a mutation rate of 2.9 × 10-8 substitutions ⁄ site ⁄ year for ND2 according to rates previously reported in passerine birds (Lerner et al., 2011). After this analysis, TreeAnnotator, version 1.7.4 (Rambaut & Drummond, 2012) was used to generate a tree file with 25% burn-in and a posterior probability limit of 0.5. Sequences of the nDNA locus, available just for Colombia, were examined using Network (Bandelt et al., 1999) to generate an allele network depicting their relationships.

I acknowledge that the estimates of time trees depend on the selected substitution rate for the loci. For instance, looking broadly for externally calibrated rate estimates of the ND2 rate in birds, one finds variation ranging from 1.94% to 12.3% per my (Arbogast et al., 2006; Benham et al., 2015; Fuchs et al., 2011; Johnson & Weckstein, 2011; Patel et al., 2011; Weir & Schluter, 2008). However, my principal aim is to depict the phylogeographic pattern of both species in northwestern South America and not to detail divergence times among clades. The only temporal issue discussed here is the differentiation between cis-Andean (Orinoquia) and trans-Andean populations for both species to compare it with information on the Andes orogenic formation. Because the substitution rate I used is towards the low end of estimated rates for birds it would lead to ancient dates.

Xenops minutus (Sparrman, 1788) ranges from southern Mexico to southeastern South America (below 1,000 m asl, but locally up to 1,500 m asl), and inhabits tropical lowland forests where it forages for arthropods, usually alone or in mixed-species flocks, climbing along branches and woody vines in low- to mid-level vegetation (Del Hoyo et al., 2003; Restall et al., 2006). This species comprises 10 subspecies; 5 of which occur in Colombia (Gill & Donsker, 2018). Molecular information suggests that the split of X. minutus from its sister species occurred around 10 myA (Derryberry et al., 2011). Harvey & Brumfield (2015) used genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms to investigate the phylogeography of this taxon, and found the presence of at least 3 deeply divergent clades that seem to represent different species.

For both species, the Andes have been considered as a barrier involved in their diversification (Harvey & Brumfield, 2015; Weir & Price, 2011), but these studies lack Colombian samples. Smith et al. (2014) included Colombian samples of Xenops minutus and D. fuliginosa in a phylogeographic study, but analyzed general patterns across multiple species. The aim here is to depict the phylogeographic patterns of both species, focusing on defining relationships among cis- and trans-Andean populations from Colombia.

Results

I gathered new mtDNA sequences (ND2) of 29 individuals of D. fuliginosa and X. minutus from Colombia, which I combined along with 82 sequences, publically available, from other regions (Appendix 1). mtDNA phylogeographic structure were found in both species across their ranges (Fig. 1). The 20454 nDNA locus, examined only for Colombian samples, presented different alleles on both species, and geographic structure seems to be present in X. minutus but not in D. fuliginosa (Fig. 1). The phylogenetic trees indicated that there are 6 mtDNA lineages for X. minutus and 4 mtDNA lineages for D. fuliginosa (Fig. 1).

The 4 D. fuliginosa mtDNA lineages exhibited phylogeographic structure (Fig. 1). In addition to the differentiated lineage from eastern South America, a widespread mtDNA lineage was found including the Amazonian individuals from Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This Amazonian lineage was sister to the clade including 2 sister lineages, one of these includes the Colombian individuals from the Orinoquia and 1 individual from Trinidad and Tobago, while the trans-Andean individuals from Colombia and Panama comprised the other lineage. The Orinoquian individuals (cis-Andean) were sister to the trans-Andean lineage, rather than with the Amazon (cis-Andean) lineage. The network representation of nDNA alleles (Fig. 1) did not show such structure. However, only the most common allele of the 20454 nDNA locus was shared by individuals from the 3 mtDNA lineages, while the other 6 alleles were exclusive of different mtDNA lineages (Fig. 1). Besides these general patterns in D. fuliginosa, it is also notable that the trans-Andean individuals showed geographic differences in their mtDNA haplotypes. For instance, Colombian inter Andean valley’s individuals did not share haplotypes with Caribbean individuals, and these Caribbean individuals in spite to be close to Panama individuals harbor a different haplotype (Fig. 1).

The 6 X. minutus mtDNA lineages also exhibited phylogeographic structure (Fig. 1). One individual from Paraguay (not depicted in the map in figure 1) and 5 individuals from the Amazon in Brazil (but without locality information) comprise a clade with posterior probability (pp) = 0.66 that is sister to the poorly supported clade (pp = 0.34) including the remaining individuals. One mtDNA lineage including individuals from Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana appeared as sister (pp = 0.81) to a lineage including individuals from Colombian Amazon. On the other hand, the lineage with individuals from Belize is a sister to a lineage including individuals from Panama, western Ecuador, Colombia (trans-Andean and Orinoquia), and northwestern Venezuela. Colombian individuals from Orinoquia (cis-Andean) are again clustered with trans-Andean individuals and not with the other cis-Andean individuals from the Amazon. This result for X. minutus is paralleled by the Network analysis of the nDNA (Fig. 1) that showed that individuals from the Orinoquia (cis-Andean) shared alleles with other Colombian trans-Andean individuals, while individuals from the Colombian Amazon (cis-Andean) not share alleles with the remaining Colombian individuals. As in the case of D. fuliginosa, the trans-Andean individuals of X. minutus also showed geographic differences in their haplotypes. The Belize haplotypes were well differentiated, while the Ecuador, Panama, and Colombia individuals did not share haplotypes among them. In addition, Colombian individuals from the inter-Andean valleys harbor 1 haplotype that is different from those found in the Caribbean Colombian individuals.

The BEAST analysis (Fig. 1) indicated that divergence of mtDNA lineages in D. fuliginosa began approximately 0.5 my (95% HPD between 266,000 and 608,000 years ago), while divergence of lineages in X. minutus was older, beginning approximately 1.5 my (95% HPD between 1.17 and 1.9 myA). Haplotypes within each mtDNA lineage of D. fuliginosa appear to have coalesced during the last 150,000 years, whereas the mtDNA lineages of X. minutus coalesced during the last 370,000 years. Regarding the Colombian haplogroups, the lineage of D. fuliginosa in the Orinoquia diverged from its sister trans–Andean lineage approximately 300,000 years ago, and both of them diverged from the Amazon lineage around 400,000 years ago (Fig. 1). In the case of X. minutus, the divergence of the 2 lineages present in Colombia occurred probably more than 1 million years ago, but the alleles comprising a clade for the Orinoquia (Andean) and trans-Andean samples likely coalesced less than 1 my.

Discussion

Molecular information for X. minutus and D. fuliginosa was analyzed, and I agree with other authors (e.g., Avendaño et al., 2017; Cadena et al., 2007) in considering the inclusion of samples from Colombia as necessary to draw conclusions about recent biological diversification in the Neotropics, which was the focus of this paper for 2 species of passerine birds. Both species exhibited phylogeographic structure in their whole geographic distribution, suggesting the occurrence of historic processes (i.e., vicariance) separating their populations. Regarding Colombian samples both species show a clear separation of individuals from the Amazon (cis-Andean), while individuals from the Orinoquia (cis-Andean) and the trans-Andean lowlands are more related. These patterns agree with the biogeographic regionalization of the Neotropics which indicates that the Orinoquia and trans–Andean lowlands conform a biogeographic dominion, which is different from the Amazon (Morrone, 2014), but contrast with the idea of the Andes as a barrier for lowland species.

The uplift of the Andes as a process associated with differentiation between Orinoquia (Andean) and trans-Andean populations of D. fuliginosa and X. minutus can be ruled out because such mountains reached their actual elevation in Colombia 2.7 myA (Gregory-Wodzicki, 2000), while populations of D. fuliginosa and X. minutus on both sides probably diverged less than 0.5 myA (95% HPD between 450,000 – 175,000 years ago for D. fuliginosa, and less than 250,000 years ago for X. minutus). However, I do not discard the presence of the Andes as related to genetic differentiation, in the sense that its mountains have facilitated isolation of populations that were connected recently (a possible scenario for D. fuliginosa) or have promoted differentiation in the trans-Andean zone followed by dispersal over (or around) these mountains (a possible scenario for X. minutus). Another possible scenario for X. minutus is that their populations in the Orinoquia and the trans-Andean populations have been connected throughout their history because they are part of the same mtDNA lineage.

Close relationships between Orinoquia and trans–Andean lowlands have been also revealed by biogeographical and ecological analyses of other animal taxa (Lozano-Zambrano & Fernández, 2007; Sigrist & Carvalho, 2009). Similarly, this relationship between cis- and trans-Andean populations has been found in other phylogeographic studies. For instance, in monkey species (Lynch et al., 2015) and another bird (Chrysomus icterocephalus, Cadena et al., 2011). Weir & Price (2011) also noted the recent separation of D. fuliginosa ridgwayi (trans-Andean) from D. f. meruloides (cis–Andean). Several additional works have found sister relationships between populations in Central America or Choco, and populations in Amazonia (e.g., Marks et al., 2002; Miller et al., 2008; Nyári, 2007; Rheindt et al., 2009), but they did not include Colombian samples that I show here are key to a complete understanding of these lineages’ phylogeographic patterns.

Close phylogeographic relationships between cis– and trans-Andean populations are not new for vertebrates (Lynch et al., 2015; Nyári, 2007). However, another result is more novel. I found that the major phylogeographic break for D. fuliginosa and X. minutus in Colombia is between Orinoquia and Amazonia (both cis-Andean regions), and not among cis- and trans-Andean populations. This phylogeographic break (Amazon/Orinoquia) has been also found in monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha, Botero et al., 2015), and is a noteworthy result, suggesting that ecological differences between Orinoquia and Amazon could be involved in maintaining genetic isolation, which is in line with Brumfield (2012) who considers a secondary role of barriers in the Neotropics in structuring variation that arose elsewhere, and that could be in secondary contact (in this case) in the border between Amazon and Orinoquia. An alternative explanation for this phylogeographic pattern is to consider a major role for the ecological shifts between Orinoquia and Amazonia as the reason for genetic differentiation in these species. Whatever the explanation (either as a zone of division or as a zone of contact); the Amazon/Orinoquia transition must be considered as a necessary factor to explain genetic differentiation in widespread lowland taxa in the Neotropics.

In spite of the large genomic information used by Harvey and Brumfield (2015), which allowed understand several issues of the history of X. minutus, the lack of Colombian individuals in their analyses made impossible to appreciate that individuals from Orinoquia (cis-Andean) and from the trans-Andean zone are included in the same lineage. However, Harvey and Brumfield (2015) found evidence of migration from the Amazon into the trans-Andean populations. The close relationship of cis- and trans-Andean populations of birds inhabiting forests suggests that lowlands on both sides of the Andes in northwestern South America have (or recently had) a connection. This observation agrees with the scenario proposed by Haffer (1967), who considered that during glacial periods of the Pleistocene, the climate in northern Colombia was more humid, and then these lowlands were forest-covered much more extensively than they are at present, which provided a broad connection between cis- and trans-Andean lowland forests. This effect was increased by a lower sea level (about 100 m), which promoted the emergence of a large area of land in northern South America (Haffer, 1967; Nores, 2004). For Ateles E. Arbeláez-Cortés / Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91 (2020): e912984 7 https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.2984

monkeys, this scenario has been considered to explain their distribution in cis– and trans-Andean zones (Lynch et al., 2015). However, a northern connection between cis– and trans-Andean regions is not the only way supported by analyses of species ranges in lowland species (Cadena et al., 2016). In addition, Avendaño et al. (2013) presented evidence of recent crossings of cis-Andean bird species into the trans-Andean lowlands, apparently promoted by human modifications to the landscape, suggesting that ecological changes could facilitate the interchange of some species between both zones.

Considering only the trans-Andean samples, the differences in their mtDNA haplotypes are noteworthy, particularly these observed between the inter-Andean valleys and the Caribbean Colombian populations that probably occurred during the last 250,000 years. This result parallels the result for C. icterocephalus that also shows different haplotypes between the Magdalena valley and the Caribbean lowlands (Cadena et al., 2011), but contrasts with the lack of genetic structure found in the monkey Ateles hybridus and other bird species in this same area (Link et al., 2015; Sandoval et al., 2017). Differences found in the 2 species analyzed here could be explained by historic processes of isolation among trans-Andean populations due to climatic fluctuations. For instance, the repeated change of dry and wet climatic periods during the Pleistocene (Haffer, 1967) and fluctuations in sea level in the Caribbean coastal zone (Nores, 2004) could be related to population isolation in trans-Andean lowlands, thus allowing the origin of the genetic patterns observed. Further phylogeographic studies are warranted to depict detailed phylogeographic patterns in this zone and to test the role of these paleoclimatic processes in the genetic differentiation of populations.

It is also noteworthy that trans-Andean samples show genetic differences which contrast with an apparent lack of genetic differences among Amazonian samples. For instance, western Amazonian individuals clustered together, despite that they are widespread and represent localities in 2 or more endemism areas (Cracraft, 1985). Colombian individuals of both species, in this study, from the Napo and Imeri endemism areas shared haplotypes, indicating that these areas are not separable based on the molecular information. For D. fuliginosa individuals from Venezuela (Guiana area of endemism) and Peru (Inambari) harbor haplotypes like the ones found in the Colombian Amazon (Imerí and Napo). These results suggest a more active (and recent) genetic differentiation in the trans-Andean lowlands than in the Amazon.

The Colombian Orinoquia (cis-Andean) and Caribbean (trans-Andean) are 2 gaps in biodiversity knowledge (Arbeláez-Cortés, 2013). The Caribbean and the inter-Andean valleys in Colombia have undergone major anthropogenic changes in their landscapes (Armenteras et al., 2011; Etter et al., 2006), while the Orinoquia is undergoing significant changes in its natural ecosystems (Armenteras et al., 2005; Romero-Ruiz et al., 2012). Therefore, it is urgent to better understand the biodiversity in these zones to have scientific support for its conservation. Further works should test if the close phylogeographic relationship between trans-Andean and Orinoquia (cis-Andean) populations regarding the Amazon (cis-Andean) populations is a generality for birds and other taxa. If such pattern is common, then the genetic differences among populations in this region of the Neotropics will not be explained only by the presence of Andean mountains or large rivers, but also by the ecological shift between ecosystems such as those represented by Amazonia and Orinoquia or by an historical barrier to gene flow between ecosystems that has shifted.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia, under funds allocated to Colecciones Biológicas; and by the Vicerrectoría de Investigación y extensión of Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia under grant “Proyecto de investigación capital semilla 2300”. I also thank the family Arbeláez-Cortés and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza for their support. L. A. Sánchez González, N. Trujillo-Arias, and two anonymous reviewers made valuable comments and corrections that improved this work. A special acknowledgment to the specimen and tissue collectors of the material used in this study. Samples were exported to sequencing overseas under: “Permiso para la exportación de especímenes de la diversidad biológica no listados en los apéndices de la convención CITES número 385 de 2014 de la Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales, Colombia”.

Appendix 1. List of individuals of D. fuliginosa and X. minutus with GenBank accession numbers and locality information for samples and sequences included in this work. Source of the sequences information is indicated.

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
D. fuliginosa	STRI TR-DFU1	GU215371	Trinidad and Tobago	Arima	Simla Research Station	Weir et al. (2009)
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 4900, IAvH-A 13106	MN486096 / MN486131	Colombia	Sucre	San Onofre	Corregimiento La Barce, Santuario de Fauna y Flora El Corchal El Mono Hernandez	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 13108, IAvH-A 15248	MN486112 / MN486143	Colombia	Sucre	Toluviejo	Corregimiento El Cañito, Monte de Los Navas	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 12935, IAvH-A 15075	MN486102 / MN486141	Colombia	Sucre	Colosó	Estación Primatologica, Montes de María	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 12997	/ MN486142	Colombia	Sucre	This study
D. fuliginosa	STRI JTW253	GU215373	Panama	Bocas del Toro	Valle de Risco	Not locality information-Valle de Risco	Weir et al. (2009)
D. fuliginosa	STRI JTW744	GU215374	Panama	Darien	Puerto Piña	Not locality information-Puerto Piña	Weir et al. (2009)
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 10744, IAvH-A 14722	MN486109 / MN486139	Colombia	Arauca	Arauquita	Extracciòn de Arenas Remolinos, Rìo Arauca	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 10812, IAvH-A 14795	MN486107 / MN486140	Colombia	Arauca	Arauquita	Plataforma Cosecha G	This study
D. fuliginosa	AMNH 11848	JQ445335	Venezuela	Bolivar	Cerro Guaiquinima	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 4696, IAvH-A 13282	MN486098 / MN486130	Colombia	Caldas	Vereda La Miel	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 6840, IAvH-A 14175	MN486110 / MN486133	Colombia	Casanare	Pore	Corregimiento Altamira, Vereda Altamira La Esperanza	This study
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 6784, IAvH-A 14146	MN486104 / MN486132	Colombia	Cundinamarca	Puerto Salgar	Not locality information-Puerto Salgar	This study

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
D. fuliginosa	FMNH FM391298	GU215370	Brazil	Amapá	Not locality information-Amapá	Weir et al. (2009)
D. fuliginosa	FMNH 391303	JQ445317	Brazil	Amapá	Not locality information-Amapá	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 382, IAvH-A 11047	MN486099 / MN486126	Colombia	Caquetá	Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Chiribiquete, Río Mesay	This study
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1940	JQ445330	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A650	JQ445327	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1230	JQ445333	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1165	JQ445331	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A694	JQ445328	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1220	JQ445323	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A2007	JQ445321	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1596	JQ445320	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	INPA A1938	JQ445319	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 596, IAvH-A 11276	MN486105 / MN486127	Colombia	Caquetá	Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Chiribiquete Río Sararamano, afluente del río Messay	This study
D. fuliginosa	STRI EC-DFU1	GU215372	Ecuador	Napo	Jatun Sacha	Not locality information-Jatun Sacha	Weir et al. (2009)

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
D. fuliginosa	IAvH-CT 10585, IAvH-A 14562	MN486111 / MN486138	Colombia	Amazonas	Leticia	Reserva Forestal Rio Calderon, Estacion Biologica El Zafire	This study
D. fuliginosa	LSUMZ B6895	JQ445325	Peru	Loreto	Not locality information-Loreto	Naka et al. (2012)
D. fuliginosa	LSUMZ B2723	JQ445326	Peru	Loreto	Not locality information-Loreto	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	UAM 24522; ABJ415	FJ175798	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller, 2008 unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM ABJ428	FJ175799	Belize	Not locality information-Belize	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM ABJ622	FJ175800	Belize	Not locality information-Belize	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM ABJ607	FJ175801	Belize	Not locality information-Belize	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 24355; ABJ294	FJ175802	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 24347; ABJ266	FJ175803	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 14330; KSW3706	FJ175804	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 24348; ABJ270	FJ175805	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 24357; ABJ296	FJ175806	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
X. minutus	UAM 24356; ABJ295	FJ175807	Belize	Toledo District	Not locality information-Toledo District	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 13109, IAvH-A 15249	MN486118 / MN486154	Colombia	Sucre	Toluviejo	Corregimiento El Cañito, Monte de Los Navas	This study
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 12980, IAvH-A 15120	MN486123 / MN486153	Colombia	Sucre	Colosó	Estación Primatologica, Montes de María	This study
X. minutus	UAM 20495; MJM410	FJ175809	Panama	Panama	Cerro Azul: ANAM Station	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM KSW4392	FJ175810	Panama	Not locality information-Panama	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 20492; MJM407	FJ175812	Panama	Not locality information-Panama	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM MJM1462	FJ175814	Panama	Not locality information-Panama	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 22105; MJM675	FJ175815	Panama	Panama	Not locality information-Cerro Azul: ANAM Station	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 22110	FJ175816	Panama	Panama	Not locality information-Cerro Azul: ANAM Station	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 20338; MJM244	FJ175808	Panama	Cocle	Molejon, Finca Moreno	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	UAM 20326; MJM232	FJ175811	Panama	Cocle	Molejon, Finca Moreno	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
X. minutus	UAM 20350	FJ175813	Panama	Cocle	Molejon, Finca Moreno	Molejon, Finca Moreno	M.J. Miller (2008) unpublished document
X. minutus	USNM 14628	JQ445992	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	AMNH DOT11942	JQ445967	Venezuela	Bolivar	Not locality information-Bolivar	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 9164	JQ445982	Guyana	Northwest	Not locality information-Northwest	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 9333	JQ445983	Guyana	Northwest	Not locality information-Northwest	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 84, IAvH-A 10842	MN486114 /	Colombia	Norte de Santander	Toledo	Vereda El Diamante Río Negro Parque Nacional Natural Tamá	This study
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 2178	MN486113	Colombia	Antioquia	Amalfi	Vereda Las Animas, Bosque Las Animas, Cuenca de la quebrada Las Animas	This study
X. minutus	USNM 14183	JQ445989	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 14260	JQ445990	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 4266	JQ445979	Guyana	Berbice	Not locality information-Berbice	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 4331	JQ445980	Guyana	Berbice	Not locality information-Berbice	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 4719, IAvH-A 13305	MN486115 / MN486146	Colombia	Caldas	Vereda La Miel	This study
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 6829, IAvH-A 14164	MN486117 / MN486147	Colombia	Casanare	Pore	Vereda Altamira, La Esperanza	This study
X. minutus	USNM 5132	JQ445981	Guyana	Essequibo	Not locality information-Essequibo	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 8687, IAvH-A 12848	MN486124 / MN486150	Colombia	Vichada	Cumaribo	Corregimineto Santa Rita, Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro, Bosque de Guaipé	This study

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
X. minutus	USNM 15759	JQ445993	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 14525	JQ445991	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	LSUMZ B48433	JQ445975	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	LSUMZ B48452	JQ445976	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	LSUMZ B48478	JQ445977	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	UKNHM 1225	JQ445973	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	UKNHM 1276	JQ445974	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 8100, IAvH-A 14317	MN486121 / MN486148	Colombia	Vichada	Cumaribo	Selva de Mataven,Caño Cajaro	This study
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 8152, IAvH-A 14370	MN486125 / MN486149	Colombia	Vichada	Cumaribo	Selva de Mataven,Caño Matavén	This study
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 10817, IAvH-A 14208	MN486116 / MN486152	Colombia	Cundinamarca	Anapoima	Club campestre Mesa de Yeguas	This study
X. minutus	ANSP 7407	JQ445968	Guyana	Potaro-Siparuni	Not locality information-Potaro-Siparuni	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	INPA A1709	JQ445972	Brazil	Roraima	Not locality information-Roraima	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 12223	JQ445987	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 12772	JQ445988	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	AMNH:DOT8845	JF975328	Venezuela	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Derryberry et al. (2011)
X. minutus	FMNH 391346	JQ445969	Brazil	Amapá	Not locality information-Amapá	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 11810	JQ445986	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 10412	JQ445984	Guyana	Not locality information-Guyana	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	USNM 10887	JQ445985	Guyana	North West	Not locality information-Northwest	Naka et al. (2012)

Taxon	Collection number	GenBank number: ND2 / 20454	Country	Department or State	County	Locality	Source
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 793, IAvH-A 11395	MN486119 / MN486145	Colombia	Caquetá	San José de Fragua	Corregimiento La Esmeralda	This study
X. minutus	LSUMZ:B11948	JF975329	Ecuador	Esmeraldas	El Placer	Not locality information-El Placer	Derryberry et al. (2011)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 378, IAvH-A 11043	MN486120 / MN486144	Colombia	Caquetá	Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Chiribiquete, Río Mesay	This study
X. minutus	AMZ 118 (MPEG 59473)	JQ445964	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	AMZ 119 (MPEG 59474)	JQ445965	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	AMZ 325 (MPEG 59475)	JQ445966	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	INPA A71	JQ445970	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	INPA A1610	JQ445971	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	JAP 662 (MPEG 62739)	JQ445978	Brazil	Amazonas	Not locality information-Amazonas	Naka et al. (2012)
X. minutus	IAvH-CT 10616, IAvH-A 14593	MN486122 / MN486151	Colombia	Amazonas	Leticia	Reserva Forestal Rio Calderon, Estacion Biologica El Zafire	This study
X. minutus	LSUMZ:B25938	JF975330	Paraguay	Caaguaz	Not locality information-Caaguaz	Derryberry et al. (2011)

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