About the Authors

Dietrich Gotzek

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Seán G. Brady

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Robert J. Kallal

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

John S. LaPolla

JLapolla@towson.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGB JSL. Performed the experiments: DG SGB RJK JSL. Analyzed the data: DG SGB RJK JSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGB RJK JSL. Wrote the paper: DG SGB RJK JSL.