Acanthoscelidius acephalus

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Acanthoscelidius

At a glance

Occurrence records396

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections3

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acanthoscelidius acephalus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility396 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF396 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

01Narrative

Acanthoscelidius acephalus is a species of minute seed weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. It is found in North America. It feeds on the leaves of Oenothera biennis.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding10 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Acanthoscelidius acephalus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type396 records

Wild obs. + sensor243

Museum / vouchered153

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO808 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 134≤1 km 26≤10 km 10>10 km 24

194 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor243

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy4% within 1 km

≤1 km 4≤10 km 86>10 km 12

102 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence153

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
University of Alabamalocation not on record	54
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	42
Lexington, US	30
Espace pour la vielocation not on record	8
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record	4
Cambridge, US	3
Lubbock, US	3
Toronto, CA	3
ASUlocation not on record	2
UDlocation not on record	2
CUlocation not on record	1
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 153 of 153 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Acanthoscelidius acephalus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.