Table 5.
Relative abundance (%) and richness (%) of pest and beneficial species by taxonomic order in bat fecal samples (based on 97% similarity and e‐value ≥ 1–20 with NCIB database, BOLD sequences)
| Order | Modified and natural systems | Cotton‐specific arthropods | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Bl | N | P | Pl | U | B | Bl | N | P | Pl | U | |
| Relative abundance | ||||||||||||
| Coleoptera | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 13.88 | – | – | – | 0.03 | 13.03 | – | 0.94 | – |
| Diptera | 0.95 | – | 0.10 | 0.35 | 0.86 | – | 0.95 | – | 1.31 | – | – | – |
| Hemiptera | – | – | 0.21 | 1.68 | 0.00 | – | – | – | 0.21 | 1.68 | 0.00 | – |
| Hymenoptera | – | – | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.00 | – | – | – |
| Lepidoptera | 0.04 | – | 21.08 | 42.69 | 9.85 | 1.51 | 0.00 | – | 62.75 | 10.65 | 0.37 | 1.41 |
| Neuroptera | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Orthoptera | – | – | – | 6.57 | – | – | – | – | 0.02 | 6.55 | – | – |
| Trichoptera | – | – | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.04 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1.04 | 0.03 | 21.53 | 65.18 | 10.72 | 1.51 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 77.36 | 18.88 | 1.32 | 1.41 |
| Richness | ||||||||||||
| Coleoptera | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.69 | – | – | – | 0.27 | 0.96 | – | 0.27 | – |
| Diptera | 0.41 | – | 0.69 | 0.41 | 1.79 | – | 0.41 | – | 2.88 | – | – | – |
| Hemiptera | – | – | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.14 | – | – | – | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.14 | – |
| Hymenoptera | – | – | 0.14 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.14 | – | – | – |
| Lepidoptera | 0.41 | – | 68.54 | 10.58 | 5.36 | 7.55 | 0.14 | – | 82.28 | 1.51 | 1.37 | 7.14 |
| Neuroptera | 0.41 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.41 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Orthoptera | – | – | – | 0.82 | – | – | – | – | 0.14 | 0.69 | – | – |
| Trichoptera | – | – | 0.41 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.41 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1.37 | 0.27 | 70.60 | 12.91 | 7.28 | 7.55 | 0.96 | 0.27 | 87.23 | 2.61 | 1.79 | 7.14 |
Sequenced DNA read counts were used as a proxy to semiquantify abundance.
Abbreviations: B, beneficial; Bl, beneficial likely; N, neutral (not pest or beneficial); P, pest; Pl, pest likely; U, unknown pest status.