TABLE 2.
Amplicon sequence variant (ASVs) richness and diversity indexes of the mycetangial fungi assemblages from the species of the Dendroctonus frontalis complex.
| Species | Observed ASVs |
Chao1 | Shannon diversity index | Simpson diversity index (1-D) | Simpson reciprocal index (1/D) |
| D. adjunctus (a) | 21.33 ± 4.04 c | 21.33 ± 4.04 c | 1.58 ± 0.22 d,f,g | 0.45 ± 0.05 c,d,f,g | 2 |
| D. barberi (b) | 10.50 ± 0.71 | 10.50 ± 0.71 | 0.43 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 1 |
| D. brevicomis (c) | 9.00 ± 1.00 a,d,e,f,g | 9.00 ± 1.00 a,d,e,f,g | 1.25 ± 0.17 d,e,f,g | 0.53 ± 0.03 a,d,f,g | 2 |
| D. frontalis (d) | 16.66 ± 5.13 c,g | 16.83 ± 5.35 c,g | 0.82 ± 0.20 a,c,e,f,g | 0.24 ± 0.07 a,c,e,f,g | 1 |
| D. mesoamericanus (e) | 22.33 ± 1.53 c | 22.33 ± 1.53 c | 2.21 ± 0.94 c,d | 0.58 ± 0.24 d | 2 |
| D. mexicanus (f) | 22.00 ± 5.83 c | 22.00 ± 5.83 c | 2.52 ± 0.36 a,c,d,g | 0.70 ± 0.08 a,c,d,g | 3 |
| D. vitei (g) | 29.00 ± 6.08 c,d | 29.00 ± 6.08 c,d | 3.28 ± 0.27 a,c,d,f | 0.83 ± 0.04 a,c,d,f | 5 |
Data are means ± SD of three replicates, except to D. mexicanus (4) and D. barberi (2). Superscript letters indicate significant differences between pairs of species (p < 0.05) estimated with Kruskal-Wallis test.