Lim, Kah Kheng https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9725-5269
Angulo-Preckler, Carlos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-274X
Afiq-Rosli, Lutfi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-4712
Pieribone, Vincent A.
Qurban, Mohammad A.
Duarte, Carlos M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-1361
Funding for this research was provided by:
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Revised: 22 May 2026
Accepted: 30 June 2026
First Online: 21 July 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Data availability: All mitochondrial ( 12S , 16S , COI ) DNA sequences generated in this study have been deposited in GenBank under accession numbers PV450794–PV450959, PV450964–PV451046, PV451050–PV451597, and PV461264–PV461537. The associated metadata, including sampling information and specimen details, are available in the Supplementary information (Supplementary Table ).
Author contribution: Conceptualization: K.K.L., C.A-P., C.M.D. Data curation: K.K.L. Formal analysis: K.K.L. Funding acquisition: C.M.D. Investigation: K.K.L., C.A-P. Methodology: K.K.L., C.A-P. Project administration: C.A-P., C.M.D. Resources: V.A.P., M.A.Q., C.M.D. Supervision: C.M.D. Validation: K.K.L. Visualization: K.K.L. Writing—original draft preparation: K.K.L. Writing—reviewing and editing: L.A-R., C.A-P., C.M.D.