Table 3.

Results of statistical comparison of microbiome alpha diversity metrics (Kruskal–Wallis test) and beta diversity metrics (PERMANOVA) calculated on three levels: beetle species, families, and trophic guilds

Alpha diversity
Kruskal–Wallis test	OTUs		Shannon		Faith		Pielou
	H	p value	H	p value	H	p value	H	p value
Species	123.03	< 0.001	115.73	< 0.001	118.85	< 0.001	93.56	< 0.001
Family	79.67	< 0.001	74.10	< 0.001	71.68	< 0.001	54.53	< 0.001
Trophism	45.17	< 0.001	46.41	< 0.001	32.99	< 0.001	38.45	< 0.001
Beta diversity
PERMANOVA	Bray–Curtis		Jaccard		Weighted UniFrac		Unweighted UniFrac
	pseudo-F	p value	Pseudo-F	p value	Pseudo-F	p value	Pseudo-F	p value
Species	8.50	0.001	3.64	0.001	9.82	0.001	5.92	0.001
Family	14.15	0.001	6.89	0.001	16.77	0.001	15.45	0.001
Trophism	2,714,453.00	0.001	7.49	0.001	20.56	0.001	20.25	0.001