About the Authors

Timea P. Neusser

timea-neusser@gmx.de

Affiliations Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München, Germany, Department Biology I of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Katharina M. Jörger

Affiliations Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München, Germany, Department Biology I of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Michael Schrödl

Affiliations Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, München, Germany, Department Biology I of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPN KJM MS. Performed the experiments: TPN KJM. Analyzed the data: TPN KJM. Collected and contributed materials: TPN KJM MS. Realised morphological analyses and interactive 3D-model: TPN. Carried out molecular studies: KJM. Planned and supervised the study: MS. Read, approved and wrote the final manuscript: TPN KMJ MS.