About the Authors

Jonas Eberle

Affiliation Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Centre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Bonn, Germany

Renier Myburgh

Affiliations Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Centre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Bonn, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Dirk Ahrens

ahrens.dirk_col@gmx.de

Affiliations Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Centre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Bonn, Germany, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE RM DA. Performed the experiments: JE RM. Analyzed the data: JE RM DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE RM DA. Wrote the paper: JE RM DA. Designed the R script (mpic) used in analysis: JE.