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 Agriotes pilosellus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens31
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections30
Countries4
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus28 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. 95% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 36 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)1.1%
Haplotypes3
BINs2
Most divergent pair0.61%
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 type5 275 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 428
Museum / vouchered796
Cultivated / captive6
Fossil1
Other44
Origin
Native777
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 908 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 accuracy24% within 1 km
≤100 m 447≤1 km 320≤10 km 2 354>10 km 24
3 145 georeferenced · 1 283 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 428
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 accuracy8% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 57≤10 km 650>10 km 37
749 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence796
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 · 6 records without
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions13 of 37 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bern, CH
64
Paro, BT
54
Zürich, CH
47
Geneva, CH
45
Fribourg, CH
42
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
41
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
19
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
15
NMOKlocation not on record
13
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
13
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
9
ZSMlocation not on record
9
Winterthur, CH
8
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lillelocation not on record
6
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
6
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
6
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
6
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
6
MZLUlocation not on record
5
Salzburg, AT
4
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
4
Dhaka, BD
4
Frauenfeld, CH
4
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
4
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
4
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
Ugentlocation not on record
3
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
MUGRlocation not on record
2
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIAlocation not on record
1
SFRAlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
Research Collection of Julien Delnattelocation not on record
1
37 institutions · 460 of 796 vouchered records shown · 336 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 DNA30 detections
Where the DNA of Agriotes pilosellus 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 found30
Studies independent surveys1
Countries4
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 30 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
RiedWaldrand
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 median12.9 °C 9.00–15.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.1 °C 12.8–19.6
Min temp (night)8.10 °C 4.30–11.2
Precipitation69.4 mm/mo 49.5–79.9
Air humidity59.7 % 58.6–62.4
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -52.2–-19.6
Vapour deficit596 Pa 481–707
Wind speed3.70 m/s 3.00–4.20
Cloud cover35.4 % 31.3–39.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 29 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI30 eDNA detections↗
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