*Vince Martinson¹ (1. University of New Mexico (United States of America))

*Robert Jory Brinkerhoff^1,2, Emiko Iguchi¹, Hiroki Kawabata⁴, Kentaro Kasama³, Gillian Eastwood⁵, Yasuhiro Gotoh³, Tetsuya Hayashi³ (1. University of Richmond (United States of America), 2. University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), 3. Kyushu University (Japan), 4. National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan), 5. Virginia Tech (United States of America))

*Chiao-Jung Han¹, Jen-Pan Huang², Matan Shelomi¹ (1. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University (Taiwan), 2. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (Taiwan))

*Jinyeong Choi¹, Cong Liu², Pradeep Palanichamy¹, Yumiko Masukagami¹, Filip Husnik¹ (1. Evolution, Cell Biology, and Symbiosis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Japan), 2. Evolutionary Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Japan))

*Younghwan Kwak¹, Gordon M. Bennett¹ (1. University of California, Merced (United States of America))

*Elif Kardas^1,2, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino², James D. Ackerman¹ (1. Department of Biology, Natural Sciences Faculty, University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), 2. Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico))

*Yueqing An¹, Mariana P Braga^2,3, Sarahi L Garcia⁴, Magdalena Grudzinska-Sterno⁴, Peter A Hambäck¹ (1. Stockholm University (Sweden), 2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), 3. University of Helsinki (Finland), 4. Science for Life Laboratory (Sweden))

*Filip Husnik¹ (1. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan))