About the Authors

Gudrun Herzner

gudrun.herzner@biologie.uni-regensburg.de

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute for Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Martin Kaltenpoth

Affiliation Research Group Insect Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany

Theodor Poettinger

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute for Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Katharina Weiss

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute for Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Dirk Koedam

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region, Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Johannes Kroiss

Affiliation Research Group Insect Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany

Erhard Strohm

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute for Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH. Performed the experiments: GH ES MK KW TP JK DK. Analyzed the data: GH. Wrote the manuscript: GH ES.