Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped-sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in North America, and is the official bee of the city of Toronto. Bicolored striped-sweat bee, Agapostemon virescens Bicolored striped-sweat bee, Agapostemon virescens
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 virescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens320
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections326
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P652 bp consensus298 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)0.34%
Haplotypes30
BIN1
Most divergent pair4.6%
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAgapostemon virescens carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈469 956 152 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Agapostemon virescens0.47 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
TreeOfSex · invert — Gokhman, V. E. "Karyotypes of parasitic Hymenoptera: evolution, systematic and phylogenetic implications." Unpublished D. Sc. thesis. Moscow: Moscow State University (2003). ↗
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type44 310 records
Wild obs. + sensor13 730
Museum / vouchered30 580
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO35 316 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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 741≤1 km 2 018≤10 km 585>10 km 1 474
11 818 georeferenced · 1 912 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 730
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 204≤1 km 495≤10 km 1 182>10 km 108
1 989 georeferenced · 28 591 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence30 580
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 institutions30 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
12 030
University Park, US
4 619
Beltsville, US
2 338
UNHClocation not on record
1 755
1 399
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1 179
New Haven, US
775
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
639
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
596
Cambridge, US
492
LULlocation not on record
449
Champaign, US
433
FWSlocation not on record
350
WSUClocation not on record
284
White River Junction, US
283
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
249
Mississippi State, US
242
New Haven, US
232
OSUClocation not on record
181
WIlocation not on record
154
Nelson, CA
137
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
132
Wuzhou, CN
96
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
80
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
71
Philadelphia, US
64
Chicago, US
61
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
57
Lexington, US
51
Provo, US
37
Blacksburg, US
34
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
29
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
24
Awka, NG
22
Roberts Creek, CA
19
Chicago, US
19
Budapest, HU
17
Toronto, CA
17
Decorah, US
14
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
14
University of Guelphlocation not on record
13
USDA ARSlocation not on record
12
Toronto, CA
10
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
10
EL PASO, US
7
Washington, US
6
Vermont Center for Ecostudieslocation not on record
6
Alberta Environment and Parkslocation not on record
5
Middlebury Collegelocation not on record
4
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
4
University of Alabamalocation not on record
4
SOVTlocation not on record
4
Lubbock, US
3
University of Western Ontariolocation not on record
3
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
2
Albany, US
2
MWC-3332location not on record
1
MWC-2517location not on record
1
MWC-6504location not on record
1
MWC-7401location not on record
1
MWC-6070location not on record
1
York University, Packer Collectionlocation not on record
1
MWC-6071location not on record
1
US
1
MWC-2516location not on record
1
MWC-10328location not on record
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
1
68 institutions · 29 781 of 30 580 vouchered records shown · 799 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA326 detections
Where the DNA of Agapostemon virescens 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 found326
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median18.1 °C 13.2–21.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.5 °C
Max temp (day)25.7 °C 20.2–28.8
Min temp (night)10.0 °C 5.90–14.4
Precipitation39.3 mm/mo 23.3–86.9
Air humidity49.1 % 45.0–59.8
Moisture balance-122 mm/mo -155–-11.2
Vapour deficit1,161 Pa 733–1,295
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.20–3.50
Cloud cover29.9 % 29.5–47.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 306 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility44 310 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI326 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics320 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗