About the Authors

Lucinda P. Lawson

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucinda P. Lawson, Cristiano Vernesi

lucinda.lawson@uc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Cristiano Vernesi

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucinda P. Lawson, Cristiano Vernesi

Affiliation Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Centre for Research and Innovation, Michele all’Adige, Italy

Silvia Ricci

Affiliation Tropical Biodiversity Section, Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy

Francesco Rovero

Affiliation Tropical Biodiversity Section, Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CV FR. Performed the experiments: SR FR. Analyzed the data: CV LPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR FR CV. Wrote the paper: LPL FR.