About the Authors

Daniele Porretta

daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy

Valentina Mastrantonio

Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

Romeo Bellini

Affiliation Agriculture and Environment Centre “G. Nicoli”, Crevalcore, Italy

Pradya Somboon

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sandra Urbanelli

Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP SU. Performed the experiments: PS VM SU RB DP. Analyzed the data: DP VM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS VM SU RB DP. Wrote the paper: DP VM.