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 Acupalpus flavicollis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections20
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus13 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 4 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)0.11%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.30%
Europe
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 055 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 456
Museum / vouchered1 529
Cultivated / captive1
Fossil7
Other62
Origin
Native641
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 600 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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 428≤1 km 236≤10 km 658>10 km 3
1 325 georeferenced · 131 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 456
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 159≤1 km 238≤10 km 1 028>10 km 11
1 436 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 529
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 · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions17 of 50 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
127
Bern, CH
121
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
70
Geneva, CH
56
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
48
Frauenfeld, CH
43
Tartu, EE
42
Helsinki, FI
35
Tilburg, NL
32
TMPMlocation not on record
31
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
30
Olocation not on record
28
NHMOlocation not on record
27
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
26
Copenhagen, DK
23
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
22
UAclocation not on record
21
Paro, BT
18
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
16
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
16
MZLUlocation not on record
15
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
14
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
14
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
13
Salzburg, AT
13
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
12
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
11
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
10
neflocation not on record
10
Metsähallituslocation not on record
9
CBDClocation not on record
7
BioFokuslocation not on record
7
NCMGlocation not on record
6
Zürich, CH
6
Tallinn, EE
5
Philadelphia, US
5
Nijmegen, NL
4
Trondheim, NO
3
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
IZFRlocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
ZMAAlocation not on record
2
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
2
Vitoria, ES
2
South Kensington, GB
1
LSMlocation not on record
1
NMOKlocation not on record
1
50 institutions · 1 019 of 1 529 vouchered records shown · 510 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 DNA20 detections
Where the DNA of Acupalpus flavicollis 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 found20
Studies independent surveys2
Countries6
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 20 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
fountain near the road
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 median14.2 °C 9.00–17.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.2 °C
Max temp (day)17.2 °C 12.4–21.8
Min temp (night)10.7 °C 4.40–12.6
Precipitation62.7 mm/mo 45.5–79.4
Air humidity59.4 % 57.2–61.4
Moisture balance-53.8 mm/mo -64.3–0.1
Vapour deficit637 Pa 470–841
Wind speed3.90 m/s 2.80–5.00
Cloud cover39.5 % 36.3–48.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 20 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 055 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗