About the Authors

Jan C. Habel

Janchristianhabel@gmx.de

Affiliation Natural History Museum Luxembourg, Invertebrate Biology, Luxembourg

Martin Husemann

Affiliation Baylor University, Biology Department, Waco, Texas, United States of America

Thomas Schmitt

Affiliation Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Trier, Germany

Frank E. Zachos

Affiliation Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ann-Christin Honnen

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Britt Petersen

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital SH Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Aristeidis Parmakelis

Affiliation National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Athens, Greece

Iasmi Stathi

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCH MH TS. Performed the experiments: JCH MH. Analyzed the data: JCH MH IS BP AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCH MH FZ. Wrote the paper: JCH MH TS FZ IS AP.