About the Authors

Farman Ali

drfarman@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

David A. Wharton

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA. Performed the experiments: FA. Analyzed the data: FA DAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA DAW. Wrote the paper: FA.