About the Authors

Gleidyane N. Lopes

gnlopesm@hotmail.com

Affiliation “Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia”, “Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’–ESALQ / USP”, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Miguel F. Souza-Filho

Affiliation “Instituto Biológico”, “Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento”, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Nicholas J. Gotelli

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Leandro J. U. Lemos

Affiliation “Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia”, “Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’–ESALQ / USP”, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Wesley A. C. Godoy

Affiliation “Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia”, “Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’–ESALQ / USP”, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto A. Zucchi

Affiliation “Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia”, “Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’–ESALQ / USP”, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GNL MFSF RAZ. Performed the experiments: GNL MFSF. Analyzed the data: GNL NJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GNL LJUL. Wrote the paper: GNL NJG WACG RAZ.