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 Aculus fockeui has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
eDNA detections1
Countries1
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type66 records
Wild obs. + sensor10
Museum / vouchered56
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO108 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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 3>10 km 2
10 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor10
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 accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 56 records without
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence56
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
Institution
Specimens
DPIlocation not on record
54
1 institutions · 54 of 56 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aculus fockeui 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median16.2 °C 16.2–16.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter34.2 °C
Max temp (day)22.2 °C
Min temp (night)12.7 °C
Precipitation79.0 mm/mo
Air humidity58.9 %
Moisture balance-21.1 mm/mo
Vapour deficit758 Pa
Wind speed2.40 m/s
Cloud cover44.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
