About the Authors

Stefanie Kautz

skautz@fieldmuseum.org

Affiliations Department of General Botany, Plant Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen, FB BioGeo, Essen, Germany, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Daniel J. Ballhorn

Affiliations Department of General Botany, Plant Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen, FB BioGeo, Essen, Germany, Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Johannes Kroiss

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Research Group Insect Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany

Steffen U. Pauls

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Corrie S. Moreau

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sascha Eilmus

Affiliation Department of General Botany, Plant Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen, FB BioGeo, Essen, Germany

Erhard Strohm

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Martin Heil

Affiliations Department of General Botany, Plant Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen, FB BioGeo, Essen, Germany, Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK DJB MH. Performed the experiments: SK DJB SE. Analyzed the data: SK DJB JK SUP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES. Wrote the paper: SK DJB CSM MH.