*Srinivasa Narayana¹, Saniya Tyagi¹, Rajendra Nath Singh¹ (1. Banaras Hindu University (India))

*Neelu Begum¹, Stéphane Boissinot¹ (1. New York University, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates))

*Christian Davis Couch^1,2, R. Keating Godfrey^1,2, David Plotkin^1,2, Akito Y. Kawahara^1,2 (1. University of Florida (United States of America), 2. McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (United States of America))

*Vivian A Peralta Santana¹, Maeva Techer¹, Hojun Song¹ (1. Texas A&M University (United States of America))

*Theo Vericel¹, Fabrice Legeai¹, Julie Jaquiéry¹, Jean-Christophe Simon¹ (1. INRAE IGEPP (France))

*Benjamin Aaron Taylor¹, Brock Harpur¹ (1. Purdue University (United States of America))

*Lino Ometto^1,2, Giobbe Forni³, Jacopo Martelossi³, Alberto Masoni^4,2, Giulia Mercati¹, Damiano Pistone¹, Stefano Maretti⁵, Giacomo Santini^4,2, Anna Olivieri^1,2, Andrea Luchetti³, Fabrizio Ghiselli³ (1. University of Pavia (Italy), 2. National Biodiversity Future Center (Italy), 3. University of Bologna (Italy), 4. University of Firenze (Italy), 5. Kosmos-Natural History Museum of Pavia (Italy))

*Yuan Huang¹ (1. Shaanxi Normal University (China))

*Kyung Seok Kim¹, Darshan Chetty¹, Thomas Chouvenc², Joseph F. Velenovsky IV², Sang-Bin Lee², Edward L. Vargo¹ (1. Texas A&M University (United States of America), 2. University of Florida (United States of America))

*Cynthia Castro Vargas¹, Gunjan Pandey¹, Thomas Walsh¹ (1. CSIRO (Australia))

*Reginald Young¹, Nicholas Chan², Brett Pollard³, Ashwani Kumar³, Luke Connal³, Owain Edwards⁴, Gunjan Pandey¹, Tom Walsh¹ (1. CSIRO Environment, Acton, ACT (Australia), 2. CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, VIC (Australia), 3. Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Acton, ACT (Australia), 4. CSIRO Environment, Floreat, WA (Australia))

*Rebecca A Clement^1,2,3, Yelena Marlese Pacheco^1,2, Gary L Miller¹, Christopher L Owen^1,2 (1. United States Department of Agriculture-ARS (United States of America), 2. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (United States of America), 3. Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education (United States of America))

*Shota Takeda¹, Jung Lee¹, Toru Shimada¹ (1. Gakushuin University (Japan))

*Jianwei Wang¹, Guiyao Wang¹, Yueliang Bai², Mengmeng Yang¹, Hanping Zhou¹ (1. Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC (China), 2. Henan University of Technology (China))

*Gelyn Danglay Sapin¹, Karen Ardez², Samantha Izabelle Alforja¹, Jenuelle Kaye Padlan Arabit¹, Maeden Bato², Mario Navasero², Barbara Laviña Caoili^1,2 (1. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (Philippines), 2. National Crop Protection Center, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (Philippines))

*Diniz Lima Ferreira¹, Chiara Mascitelli², Tatiana Teixeira Torres¹ (1. University of São Paulo (Brazil), 2. Leiden University (Netherlands))

*Thomas Mathers^1,2, Roberto Biello³, Clair Han⁴, Sam T. Mugford², Shuji Shigenobu⁵, Roland Wouters², Katsushi Yamaguchi⁵, Shunta Yorimoto⁵, David L. Stern⁴, Saskia A. Hogenhout² (1. Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK), 2. John Innes Centre (UK), 3. University of Ferrara (Italy), 4. Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (United States of America), 5. National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan))

*Xiumei Lu^1,2 (1. University of Bristol (UK), 2. Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China))

*Kamoltip Laohakieat¹, Nidchaya Aketarawong¹, Sujinda Thanaphum¹ (1. Regional R&D Training Center for Insect Biotechnology (RCIB), Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University (Thailand))

Tanya Renner¹, Adam M. Rork², Athula Attygale³, Kipling W. Will⁴, Andrea Di Giulio⁵, Jong Kyun Park⁶, *Wendy Moore⁷ (1. The Pennsylvania State University (United States of America), 2. Purdue University (United States of America), 3. The Stevens Institute of Technology (United States of America), 4. The University of California, Berkeley (United States of America), 5. Roma Tre University (Italy), 6. Kyungpook National University (Korea), 7. The University of Arizona (United States of America))

*Shenyang Tang¹ (1. Zhejiang University (China))

*Jie Eun Park^1,2, Min Kyu Sang^1,2, Bharat Bhusan Patnaik^1,3,4, Dae Kwon Song^1,2, Jun Yang Jeong^1,3, Chan Eui Hong^1,3, Yong Tae Kim^1,3, Hyeon Jun Shin^1,3, Liu Ziwei^1,3, Hee Ju Hwang³, So Young Park⁵, Se Won Kang⁶, Hang Chul Cho⁷, Heon Cheon Jeong¹, Hong Seog Park⁸, Hongray Howrelia Patnaik⁹, E Hyun Shin³, Sung Jae Cha¹⁰, Yong Hun Jo^1,3, Yeon Soo Han¹ (1. Korea Native Animal Resources Utilization Convergence Research Institute (KNAR), Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam (Korea), 2. Research Support Center for Bio-Bigdata Analysis and Utilization of Biological Resources, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam (Korea), 3. Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam 31538 (Korea), 4. PG Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Nuapadhi, Balasore 756089, Odisha (India), 5. Biodiversity Research Team, Animal & Plant Research Department, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju, Gyeongbuk (Korea), 6. Biological Resource Center (BRC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup, Jeonbuk (Korea), 7. DSC (Data Science Center) INSILICOGEN, INC. #2901~2904, Tower-dong A, HEUNGDEOK IT VALLEY, 13, Heungdeok 1- ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16954 (Korea), 8. Research Institute, GnC BIO Co., LTD., 621-6 Banseok-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34069 (Korea), 9. PG Department of Zoology, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751014 (India), 10. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Malaria Research Institute, 615N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205 (United States of America))

*Susan Seal¹, Paul Visendi Muhindira² (1. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK (UK), 2. The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia (Australia))

Viviana Pagone¹, Jorge Escudero¹, Yu Shirai², Jose Luis Maestro¹, Takaaki Daimon², Xavier Belles¹, *Maria-Dolors Piulachs¹ (1. Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC- Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona (Spain), 2. Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo‑Ku, Kyoto 606‑8502 (Japan))

*Daniel Pinos¹, Luis Benavent Albarracín¹, Salvador Herrero¹, Cristina Crava¹ (1. Department of Genetics, University Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, University of Valencia (Spain))

*Kiana Kasmaii¹, Jarrod Varnell², Dave Ernst, Erica Westerman¹ (1. University of Arkansas (United States of America), 2. Cornell University (United States of America))

Lifei Qiu¹, Shuai Wang¹, Shanlin Liu¹, *Xin Zhou¹ (1. China Agricultural University (China))

*Masato Koseki¹, Shigeyuki Koshikawa^1,2 (1. University of Hokkaido, Graduate school of Environmental Science (Japan), 2. University of Hokkaido, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science (Japan))

*Kota Aoki¹, Masataka Suzuki² (1. Hiroo Gakuen Senior High School (Japan), 2. The University of Tokyo (Japan))

*Takumi Hiraishi¹, Takaomi Sakai¹, Tsunaki Aasano¹ (1. Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan))

*Kenta Tomihara^1,2, Ana Pinharanda³, Peter Andolfatto³, Takashi Kiuchi² (1. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan), 2. The University of Tokyo (Japan), 3. Columbia University (United States of America))

*Muto Yamaoka¹, RIMI KOYAMA¹, KEISUKE MASE¹ (1. 日本大学 (Japan))

*Joshua B Benoit¹ (1. University of Cincinnati (United States of America))

*Makhosi Buthelezi¹, Godfrey Zharare (1. Cape Peninsular University of Technology (South Africa))

*Kanon Yamauchi¹, Itsuki Ohtsu¹, Yasuhiko Chikami¹, Takaaki Kojima,², Hiroki Gotoh¹ (1. Shizuoka University (Japan), 2. Meijo University (Japan))

*Mizue Inumaru¹, Kentaro Itokawa¹, Ryo Matsumura^1,2, Toshiya Kimura³, Ryusei Kuwata⁴, Hiroo Tamatani⁵, Haruhiko Isawa¹, Yukiko Higa¹ (1. Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan), 2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Meiji University (Japan), 3. Ehime Prefectural Pharmaceuticals and Hygiene Division (Japan), 4. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science (Japan), 5. Department of Bear Management, Picchio Wildlife Research Center (Japan))

*Itsuki Ohtsu¹, Hayato Kondo¹, Yasuhiko Chikami¹, Hideo Dohra¹, Hiroki Gotoh¹ (1. Shizuoka University (Japan))

*Ryusei Waizumi¹, Chikara Hirayama¹, Shuichiro Tomita¹, Tetsuya Iizuka¹, Seigo Kuwazaki¹, Akiya Jouraku¹, Takuya Tsubota¹, Kakeru Yokoi¹, Kimiko Yamamoto¹, Hideki Sezutsu¹ (1. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Japan))

*Shota Nomura^1,2,3, Teiji Sota², Teruyuki Niimi^1,4 (1. Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan), 2. Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (Japan), 3. Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan), 4. Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (Japan))

*Abadi M. Mashlawi¹, Catherine Walton² (1. Department of Biology, College of Science, Jazan University, P.O. Box. 114, Jazan 45142, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia), 2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK (UK))

*Marek Jankásek¹, Petr Kočárek², František Šťáhlavský¹ (1. Charles University (Czech Republic), 2. University of Ostrava (Czech Republic))

Juan C Hernández-Valencia^1,2, Paola Muñoz-Laiton^1,2, *Margarita M. Correa^1,2 (1. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia), 2. Grupo Microbiologia Molecular, Escuela de Microbiologia (Colombia))

*Barbara Laviña Caoili^2,1, Romnick A. Latina¹, Regina Faye C. Sandoval³, Aaron V. Ogot¹, Gelyn D. Sapin¹ (1. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (Philippines), 2. National Crop Protection Center, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (Philippines), 3. Bayer Crop Science Philippines (Philippines))

*Yeahji Jeong¹ (1. Queen Mary University of London (UK))

*Masakazu Teramachi¹, Yasuko Kato¹, Masanobu Itoh¹ (1. kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan))