Amara alpina is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to northern parts of Europe and Asia. It was first described by the Swedish entomologist Gustaf von Paykull in 1790.
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 Amara alpina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens198
BINs1
Marker genes15
eDNA detections2
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus155 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 22 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)1.2%
Haplotypes24
BIN1
Most divergent pair3.2%
N.AmericaEurope
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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 75≤1 km 110≤10 km 58>10 km 1
244 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor245
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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 725≤1 km 501≤10 km 212>10 km 83
1 521 georeferenced · 2 318 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 839
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 institutions14 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
McGill Universitylocation not on record
1 462
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
556
Tempe, US
434
Museum of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPAE UB RAS)location not on record
190
Edmonton, CA
185
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
158
Olocation not on record
121
NHMOlocation not on record
89
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
87
München, DE
82
Trondheim, NO
74
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
59
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
41
Tromsø, NO
32
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
31
Rovaniemi, FI
27
Helsinki, FI
26
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
24
TMPMlocation not on record
13
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
9
MZLUlocation not on record
9
OSUClocation not on record
7
University of Alabamalocation not on record
7
NEON Biorepository at Arizona State Universitylocation not on record
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
neflocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
3
Kuopio, FI
3
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
LSMlocation not on record
2
University of Colorado, Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
2
WIlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Tartu, EE
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
Provo, US
1
Champaign, US
1
42 institutions · 3 764 of 3 839 vouchered records shown · 74 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Amara alpina 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 surveys2
Countries2
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
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 median-1.20 °C -10.0–7.60
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.5 °C
Max temp (day)3.20 °C -3.60–9.90
Min temp (night)-6.00 °C -15.6–3.60
Precipitation96.1 mm/mo 47.1–145
Air humidity58.0 % 51.8–64.2
Moisture balance35.4 mm/mo 14.9–55.9
Vapour deficit270 Pa 151–389
Wind speed4.30 m/s 3.80–4.80
Cloud cover45.9 % 31.9–59.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 215 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics198 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗