About the Authors

Kurt Jordaens

kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be

Affiliation Department of Biology–Invertebrate Section and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium

Georg Goergen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium

Massimiliano Virgilio

Affiliation Department of Biology–Invertebrate Section and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium

Thierry Backeljau

Affiliations International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences–OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Audrey Vokaer

Affiliation Department of Biology–Invertebrate Section and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium

Marc De Meyer

Affiliation Department of Biology–Invertebrate Section and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ GG MV MDM. Performed the experiments: KJ AV. Analyzed the data: KJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJ GG MV TB MDM. Wrote the paper: KJ MDM TB.