About the Authors

Naruo Nikoh

Affiliation Department of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, Chiba, Japan

John P. McCutcheon

Affiliation Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Toshiaki Kudo

Affiliation Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Shin-ya Miyagishima

Affiliation Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Nancy A. Moran

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Atsushi Nakabachi

bachi@riken.jp

Affiliation Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN JPM NAM AN. Performed the experiments: NN JPM NAM AN. Analyzed the data: NN JPM NAM AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPM TK SM NAM AN. Wrote the paper: NN JPM NAM AN.