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. 2020 Mar 6;122(2):duaa009. doi: 10.1093/condor/duaa009

TABLE 3.

Arthropod species detected in bird fecal samples through DNA barcoding, and their general feeding guilds; n = 113 fecal samples. Species in bold were detected in at least 5% of the fecal samples.

Order Family Genus Species Feeding guild a Count samples Percent samples
Araneae Araneidae Argiope trifasciata natural enemy 1 0.9%
Clubionidae Clubiona abboti natural enemy 7 6.2%
Corinnidae Trachelas tranquillus natural enemy 2 1.8%
Linyphiidae Diplostyla concolor natural enemy 1 0.9%
Grammonota angusta natural enemy 1 0.9%
Lycosidae Pardosa milvina natural enemy 6 5.3%
Trochosa ruricola natural enemy 1 0.9%
Salticidae Phidippus clarus natural enemy 2 1.8%
Tutelina similis natural enemy 2 1.8%
Tetragnathidae Pachygnatha autumnalis natural enemy 1 0.9%
Theridiidae Theridion frondeum natural enemy 2 1.8%
Thomisidae Ozyptila praticola natural enemy 1 0.9%
Xysticus ferox natural enemy 1 0.9%
Coleoptera Brentidae Perapion curtirostre herbivore 1 0.9%
Carabidae Bembidion quadrimaculatum natural enemy 1 0.9%
Pterostichus melanarius natural enemy 1 0.9%
Chrysomelidae Diabrotica barberi herbivore 39 34.5%
Diabrotica virgifera herbivore 1 0.9%
Epitrix fasciata herbivore 1 0.9%
Curculionidae Larinus planus herbivore 1 0.9%
Rhinoncus castor herbivore 1 0.9%
Nitidulidae Carpophilus antiquus herbivore 2 1.8%
Silphidae Ptomascopus morio other 10 8.8%
Diptera Tephritidae Rhagoletis cingulata herbivore 2 1.8%
Agromyzidae Liriomyza brassicae herbivore 1 0.9%
Chloropidae Malloewia sp. other 1 0.9%
Drosophilidae Drosophila melanogaster other 1 0.9%
Calliphoridae Pollenia pediculata other 25 22.1%
Chironomidae Orthocladius oblidens other 1 0.9%
Limoniidae Helius flavipes other 1 0.9%
Limonia novaeangliae other 1 0.9%
Hemiptera Aphididae Capitophorus elaeagni herbivore 1 0.9%
Chaitophorus nigrae herbivore 1 0.9%
Cicadidae Tibicen lyricen herbivore 1 0.9%
Coccidae Parthenolecanium corni herbivore 3 2.7%
Dictyopharidae Nersia florida herbivore 3 2.7%
Miridae Lygus lineolarus herbivore 44 38.9%
Neurocolpus sp. herbivore 1 0.9%
Pentatomidae Euschistus variolarius herbivore 15 13.3%
Alydidae Alydus sp. herbivore 1 0.9%
Lygaeidae Neortholomus scolopax herbivore 1 0.9%
Rhyparochromidae Ligyrocoris sylvestris herbivore 1 0.9%
Hymenoptera Agaonidae Ceratosolen n. sp. herbivore 1 0.9%
Cynipidae Antistrophus silphii herbivore 1 0.9%
Formicidae Lasius alienus omnivore 28 24.8%
Lasius neoniger omnivore 23 20.4%
Camponotus pennsylvanicus omnivore 1 0.9%
Stenamma wheelerorum omnivore 1 0.9%
Scelionidae Telenomus podisi natural enemy 1 0.9%
Tenthredinidae Caliroa fasciata other 1 0.9%
Lepidoptera Geometridae Eulithis sp. herbivore 3 2.7%
Eupithecia miserulata herbivore 2 1.8%
Noctuidae Apamea sordens herbivore 1 0.9%
Galgula partita herbivore 1 0.9%
Pterophoridae Emmelina monodactyla herbivore 1 0.9%
Crambidae Neodactria sp. herbivore 1 0.9%
Orthoptera Acrididae Encoptolophus costalis herbivore 1 0.9%
Gryllidae Eunemobius carolinus herbivore 1 0.9%
Gryllus pennsylvanicus herbivore 1 0.9%
Thysanoptera Thripidae Frankliniella tritici herbivore 13 11.5%
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Potamyia flava other 1 0.9%

a Feeding guilds determined from Triplehorn and Johnson (2005). “Natural enemy” includes predators and parasitoids; “other” includes detritivores and species that are in different feeding guilds during different life stages.