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 sparsa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens19
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections41
Countries4
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus16 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.
Diversity (π)0.49%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.76%
Where individuals differ — all 9 variable positions, in barcode order
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 377 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 615
Museum / vouchered665
Cultivated / captive19
Fossil32
Other46
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 280 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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 809≤1 km 231≤10 km 895>10 km 4
1 939 georeferenced · 676 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 615
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 accuracy64% within 1 km
≤100 m 162≤1 km 217≤10 km 211>10 km 4
594 georeferenced · 71 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence665
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 · 19 records without
Open the mapnot free-living19
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 institutions11 of 36 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
220
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
75
Olocation not on record
37
NHMOlocation not on record
30
Tilburg, NL
29
NMOKlocation not on record
22
Tromsø, NO
19
CBDClocation not on record
15
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
14
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
13
Salzburg, AT
12
ZSMlocation not on record
11
Copenhagen, DK
10
LSMlocation not on record
9
State Museum of Nature History, Lvivlocation not on record
9
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
8
Tallinn, EE
7
Stockholm, SE
6
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
5
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
5
Helsinki, FI
4
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
4
MZLUlocation not on record
4
neflocation not on record
4
Kuopio, FI
3
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
3
Zürich, CH
2
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koeniglocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
36 institutions · 589 of 665 vouchered records shown · 76 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 DNA41 detections
Where the DNA of Aleochara sparsa 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 surveys4
Countries4
Verifiable raw sequence linked14
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 41 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
3. Shrubland|3.8. Shrubland - Mediterranean-…
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 median17.1 °C 13.8–18.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.9 °C
Max temp (day)20.5 °C 16.7–22.6
Min temp (night)13.0 °C 9.70–14.0
Precipitation68.0 mm/mo 64.4–93.8
Air humidity60.7 % 59.0–63.7
Moisture balance-49.5 mm/mo -66.1–17.0
Vapour deficit767 Pa 601–878
Wind speed3.60 m/s 2.70–4.40
Cloud cover39.8 % 33.3–52.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 36 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.
