Table 1.

Invertebrate taxa targeted by newly developed primers. Columns show the taxonomic affiliation of the targets and names of primers at different taxonomic levels. For each taxon, several specimens were DNA extracted and sequenced; taxa which were tested in silico only are indicated by †. For specific characteristics of primers see ESM 2

Note that for the following taxa reliable amplification with the respective primers was not possible, but taxa were used to evaluate the specificity of the primers/assays: Coccinellidae Exochomus quadripustulatus, carabid beetle Nebria brevicollis, beetle families Elateridae (Agriotes obscurus, Hemicrepidius niger), Cantharidae, and Silphidae, spider family Theridiidae, dipteran family Chironomidae and thrips Aeolothrips fasciatus and Parthenothrips sp.