About the Authors

Julia Schwarzer

j.schwarzer.zfmk@uni-bonn.de

Affiliations Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München, Germany, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Bernhard Misof

Affiliation Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Seraphin N. Ifuta

Affiliation Department of Biology, ISP-GOMBE, Kinshasa-Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo

Ulrich K. Schliewen

Affiliation Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS UKS. Performed the experiments: JS. Analyzed the data: JS BM UKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNI. Wrote the paper: JS BM UKS.