Agonum marginatum is a species of ground beetle in the Platyninae subfamily. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and is found throughout Europe, North Africa, Siberia, West Asia, as well as on islands such as Canary, Azores, and Madeira.
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 Agonum marginatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens43
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections41
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus38 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)0.21%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
EuropeOther
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAgonum marginatum 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.
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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 965≤1 km 1 570≤10 km 1 646>10 km 15
5 196 georeferenced · 249 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 445
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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 94≤1 km 1 053≤10 km 487>10 km 28
1 662 georeferenced · 135 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 797
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 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Vitoria, ES
837
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
123
Tartu, EE
64
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
59
Helsinki, FI
54
Geneva, CH
52
Philadelphia, US
33
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
25
Tilburg, NL
24
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
20
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
19
Bern, CH
18
Olocation not on record
17
ZSMlocation not on record
14
NHMOlocation not on record
14
NMOKlocation not on record
13
NCMGlocation not on record
12
Copenhagen, DK
12
TMPMlocation not on record
12
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
11
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
10
Ugentlocation not on record
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
8
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
8
Tromsø, NO
8
Zürich, CH
8
Kuopio, FI
8
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
7
South Kensington, GB
7
CBDClocation not on record
6
EGBlocation not on record
6
Salzburg, AT
4
MZLUlocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4
Tallinn, EE
4
Nijmegen, NL
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
neflocation not on record
3
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
2
GMBRClocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
1
ZFMK_COLEOPTlocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
46 institutions · 1 556 of 1 797 vouchered records shown · 241 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA41 detections
Where the DNA of Agonum marginatum 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 found41
Studies independent surveys2
Countries10
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 41 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 countries0
Uferzone Stausee, SchotterSandtakLaubstreu
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 median13.4 °C 7.60–16.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)17.4 °C 9.10–20.4
Min temp (night)8.20 °C 3.90–13.1
Precipitation67.6 mm/mo 41.6–87.4
Air humidity59.3 % 58.1–64.4
Moisture balance-36.3 mm/mo -54.0–30.1
Vapour deficit636 Pa 382–759
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.80–5.10
Cloud cover38.5 % 33.0–51.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 33 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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 370 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI41 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics43 specimens↗
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