About the Authors

James C. Carolan

james.c.carolan@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland, Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Tomás E. Murray

Affiliations Institute for Biology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Úna Fitzpatrick

Affiliation National Biodiversity Data Centre, Carriganore, WIT West Campus, Waterford, Ireland

John Crossley

Affiliation North Flaws, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, United Kingdom

Hans Schmidt

Affiliation Tjørnevej, Holstebro, Denmark

Björn Cederberg

Affiliation Swedish Species Information Centre, University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Luke McNally

Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Robert J. Paxton

Affiliations Institute for Biology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Paul H. Williams

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Mark J. F. Brown

Affiliations Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJFB JCC. Performed the experiments: JCC. Analyzed the data: JCC LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJFB JC UF TM RJP PW. Wrote the paper: JCC MJFB PW. Organised sample collection and provided specimens: JC HS BC. Read, reviewed and edited the manuscript: UF TM RJP BC LM JC HS.