About the Authors

Peter Masan

peter.masan@savba.sk

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Christopher Simpson

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

M. Alejandra Perotti

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Henk R. Braig

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRB MAP. Performed the experiments: MAP. Analyzed the data: PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRB. Wrote the paper: PM MAP HRB. Collected and illustrated specimens examined: CS.