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. 2019 Feb 23;9(6):3117–3129. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4896

Table 2.

Dietary richness of bat species based on MOTU counts for each order of arthropods

n Diptera Lepidoptera Hemiptera Coleoptera Aranaea Hymenoptera Ephemeroptera Neuroptera Orthoptera Psocoptera Trichoptera Collembola Trombidiformes Oribatida Chordeumatida Odonata Total MOTU Total Orders
Myotis thysanodes 32 133 83 4 14 6 5 14 2 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 273 14
Eptesicus fuscus 3 22 16 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 10
Parastrellus hesperus 39 37 76 22 7 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 154 10
Corynorhinus townsendii 19 101 12 2 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 132 9
Myotis ciliolabrum 9 40 25 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 77 9
Myotis yumanensis 21 31 94 10 11 8 0 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 166 9
Mormoops megalophylla 17 10 153 2 1 1 0 0 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 8
Myotis velifer 16 71 67 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 152 8
Nyctinomops femorosaccus 24 65 231 14 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 323 8
Antrozous pallidus 26 22 36 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 66 7
Eumops perotis 10 21 80 1 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 115 7
Tadarida brasiliensis 32 20 286 32 15 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 365 7
Myotis californicus 13 2 70 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 5
Nyctinomops macrotis 4 3 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 4
Lasiurus cinereus 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3
Myotis volans 2 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Euderma maculatum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Shading indicates the presence or absence of the order in the diet while the values indicate the number of MOTU differentiated.