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 Agapostemon femoratus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens22
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus22 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 5 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)0.30%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
N.America
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 918 records
Wild obs. + sensor51
Museum / vouchered3 867
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 324 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 accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 31≤1 km 8≤10 km 1>10 km 1
41 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor51
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 85≤1 km 127≤10 km 565>10 km 60
837 georeferenced · 3 030 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 867
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 30 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Beltsville, US
1 529
WSUClocation not on record
543
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
334
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
312
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
268
Wuzhou, CN
207
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
154
Albuquerque, US
110
91
Cambridge, US
72
US
63
WIlocation not on record
41
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
26
Champaign, US
20
La Jolla, US
19
OSUClocation not on record
13
University of California, Davislocation not on record
11
Provo, US
9
New Haven, US
8
San Diego, US
6
University of Alabamalocation not on record
5
Awka, NG
4
Vancouver, CA
3
College Station, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
2
US
2
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
Washington, US
1
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
30 institutions · 3 859 of 3 867 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
