About the Authors

Muhammad Z. Ahmed

Affiliations Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria , South Africa

Paul J. De Barro

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Shun-Xiang Ren

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Jaco M. Greeff

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria , South Africa

Bao-Li Qiu

baileyqiu@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZA BLQ. Performed the experiments: MZA. Analyzed the data: MZA JMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZA BLQ SXR. Wrote the paper: MZA PDB BLQ JMG.