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 Aleochara bipustulata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections597
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus46 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 2 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)0.59%
Haplotypes6
BINs2
Most divergent pair0.76%
EuropeAsia
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 768 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 132
Museum / vouchered1 586
Cultivated / captive5
Other45
Origin
Introduced83
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 588 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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 692≤1 km 1 056≤10 km 310>10 km 1
2 059 georeferenced · 73 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 132
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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 542≤1 km 293≤10 km 238>10 km 17
1 090 georeferenced · 496 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 586
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 · 5 records without
Open the mapnot free-living5
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
328
UAclocation not on record
248
WIlocation not on record
210
Metsähallituslocation not on record
57
Luhanskyi Nature Reserve, Stanychno-Luhanskyi Division,location not on record
55
Olocation not on record
48
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
44
NHMOlocation not on record
43
State Museum of Nature History, Lvivlocation not on record
37
Helsinki, FI
32
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
30
CBDClocation not on record
22
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
18
Tilburg, NL
15
Salzburg, AT
13
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
13
Cape Town, ZA
13
Tartu, EE
12
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
11
LSMlocation not on record
11
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
10
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
9
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
9
Copenhagen, DK
8
ZSMlocation not on record
8
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
6
Tallinn, EE
6
NMOKlocation not on record
6
Paris, FR
4
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
4
NCMGlocation not on record
4
T.G. Shevchenko National University, Zoological Museum, Kyivlocation not on record
4
MZLUlocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4
Kuopio, FI
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
2
Sagamihara, JP
2
Trondheim, NO
2
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Oulu, FI
1
Lubbock, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Ghent, BE
1
50 institutions · 1 373 of 1 586 vouchered records shown · 212 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 DNA597 detections
Where the DNA of Aleochara bipustulata 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 found597
Studies independent surveys4
Countries13
Verifiable raw sequence linked52
Signal confidence: moderateweighed 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 median14.4 °C 13.5–14.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.7 °C
Max temp (day)17.6 °C 15.1–18.8
Min temp (night)10.9 °C 9.80–13.0
Precipitation65.5 mm/mo 59.7–71.8
Air humidity60.9 % 59.9–62.8
Moisture balance-56.9 mm/mo -68.1–-4.30
Vapour deficit645 Pa 582–683
Wind speed4.30 m/s 3.40–5.50
Cloud cover43.6 % 38.8–51.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 596 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.
