About the Authors

A. P. Ranjith

Contributed equally to this work with: A. P. Ranjith, Donald L. J. Quicke

Affiliations Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India, Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673001, India

Donald L. J. Quicke

Contributed equally to this work with: A. P. Ranjith, Donald L. J. Quicke

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, BKK 10330, Thailand

U. K. A. Saleem

Current address: Department of Zoology, Government College Madappally, Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 686546, India

Affiliation Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India

Buntika A. Butcher

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, BKK 10330, Thailand

Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón

Affiliation Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er. circuito exterior s/n Cd. Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A. P. 70–233, C.P. 04510, D.F., México

M. Nasser

drnasher@gmail.com

Affiliation Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APR DLJQ UKAS MN. Performed the experiments: APR DLJQ UKAS BAB AZR MN. Analyzed the data: APR DLJQ MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APR DLJQ UKAS BAB AZR MN. Wrote the paper: APR DLJQ MN. Described the species: APR DLJQ.