About the Authors

Muhammad Z. Ahmed

Affiliations Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Shao-Jian Li

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Xia Xue

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Xiang-Jie Yin

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Shun-Xiang Ren

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Francis M. Jiggins

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jaco M. Greeff

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Bao-Li Qiu

baileyqiu@scau.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLQ MZA JMG FMJ. Performed the experiments: MZA SJL XX XJY BLQ. Analyzed the data: MZA JMG BLQ FMJ SXR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SXR BLQ. Wrote the paper: MZA BLQ FMJ JMG.