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 Acrotona parvula has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens22
BINs5
Marker genes2
eDNA detections44
Countries7
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus21 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 90% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 65 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)4.1%
Haplotypes11
BINs5
Most divergent pair7.3%
EuropeOtherAsia
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ 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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type839 records
Wild obs. + sensor507
Museum / vouchered320
Cultivated / captive12
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 220 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 321≤1 km 116≤10 km 57
494 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor507
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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 101≤1 km 85≤10 km 65>10 km 7
258 georeferenced · 62 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence320
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 12 records without
Open the mapnot free-living12
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 institutions9 of 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
86
Salzburg, AT
29
Helsinki, FI
28
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
21
State Museum of Nature History, Lvivlocation not on record
18
LSMlocation not on record
12
ZSMlocation not on record
11
Metsähallituslocation not on record
11
Tromsø, NO
11
Trondheim, NO
11
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
7
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
7
NHMOlocation not on record
6
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
4
Tallinn, EE
4
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
3
Olocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
Tilburg, NL
2
Copenhagen, DK
2
Oulu, FI
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 287 of 320 vouchered records shown · 33 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA44 detections
Where the DNA of Acrotona parvula 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 found44
Studies independent surveys3
Countries7
Verifiable raw sequence linked3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 44 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
SchafdungRinderdungauf einer Wiese an und in Wildlosung gesammelt
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.7 °C 10.4–14.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.4 °C
Max temp (day)17.1 °C 14.4–18.1
Min temp (night)9.70 °C 7.50–12.1
Precipitation69.7 mm/mo 57.9–81.0
Air humidity61.8 % 59.0–64.4
Moisture balance-47.8 mm/mo -57.2–28.4
Vapour deficit599 Pa 475–667
Wind speed4.20 m/s 2.60–4.60
Cloud cover45.1 % 37.4–55.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 43 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
