Acmaeodera acuta — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Acmaeodera

At a glance

Occurrence records192

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Acmaeodera acuta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility192 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF192 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Acmaeodera acuta is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in the western United States and Mexico. Its larval host is likely Salix and adults hosts include Achillea, Encelia, Rosa, Salix, and Sphaeralcea. The species is fairly restricted to riparian habitats. A. acuta is often confused with A. retifera in collections.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Acmaeodera acuta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs2

Marker genes1

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 type192 records

Wild obs. + sensor57

Museum / vouchered135

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO332 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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 11≤10 km 9>10 km 8

46 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor57

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 accuracy10% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 23>10 km 3

29 georeferenced · 106 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence135

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 institutions6 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
San Francisco, US	82
Vernal, US	19
San Diego, US	7
OSUClocation not on record	5
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	5
Denver, US	4
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	4
ASUlocation not on record	3
University of Alabamalocation not on record	3
University Park, US	2
Cambridge, US	1

11 institutions · 135 of 135 vouchered records shown