About the Authors

Steven M. Valles

steven.valles@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

David H. Oi

Affiliation Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Fahong Yu

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Xin-Xing Tan

Affiliation SeqWright, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eileen A. Buss

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following conflicts: Dr. Tan is employed by SeqWright and was contracted to conduct the 454 sequencing. According to the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities guidelines, Dr. Tan's contribution warrants co-authorship. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMV DHO EAB. Performed the experiments: SMV DHO XXT. Analyzed the data: SMV DHO EAB FY XXT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMV DHO EAB FY XXT. Wrote the paper: SMV DHO EAB FY XXT.