Alphitobius laevigatus

(Fabricius, 1781) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Tenebrionidae/Alphitobius

At a glance

Occurrence records436

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens9

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alphitobius laevigatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility436 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF436 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD9 specimens

01Narrative

Alphitobius laevigatus, the black fungus beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in Europe and North America. Black fungus beetle, Alphitobius laevigatus

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding9 specimens

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 Alphitobius laevigatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens9

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries5

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type436 records

Wild obs. + sensor74

Museum / vouchered357

Fossil5

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO832 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 accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 17≤10 km 18>10 km 13

64 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor74

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 accuracy21% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 26≤10 km 76>10 km 26

129 georeferenced · 228 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence357

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 institutions15 of 31 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
OSUClocation not on record	92
DPIlocation not on record	65
The University of Hawaii Insect Museumlocation not on record	23
Museums Victorialocation not on record	23
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	21
Provo, US	20
Chicago, US	15
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIAlocation not on record	9
University of Alabamalocation not on record	7
Ciudad de México, MX	5
MZLUlocation not on record	3
College Station, US	2
Helsinki, FI	2
Ciudad de México, MX	2
Auckland, NZ	2
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	2
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record	2
Tilburg, NL	2
Bonn, DE	2
Trondheim, NO	1
IMEDEAlocation not on record	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
CUlocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record	1
Sydney, AU	1
MWLRlocation not on record	1
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodeslocation not on record	1
Lexington, US	1
Tartu, EE	1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	1

31 institutions · 311 of 357 vouchered records shown · 46 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Alphitobius laevigatus 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median21.0 °C 21.0–21.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.3 °C

Max temp (day)23.4 °C

Min temp (night)17.5 °C

Precipitation207 mm/mo

Air humidity63.9 %

Moisture balance117 mm/mo

Vapour deficit892 Pa

Wind speed2.50 m/s

Cloud cover50.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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