Amara aulica is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the Harpalinae subfamily. It is native to Europe.Fauna EuropaeaCarl H. Lindroth 1974 Coleoptera. Carabidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 4 Part 2. Royal Entomological Society,London pdf
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 aulica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens39
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections56
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus35 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.
Where individuals differ — all 7 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)0.64%
Haplotypes9
BINs2
Most divergent pair7.8%
EuropeOther
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAmara aulica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈640 229 102 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Amara aulica0.64 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Ploidy2× diploid · measured
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 608 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 485
Museum / vouchered1 974
Cultivated / captive2
Fossil57
Other90
Origin
Native437
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 452 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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 009≤1 km 436≤10 km 674>10 km 9
2 128 georeferenced · 357 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 485
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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 230≤1 km 571≤10 km 908>10 km 47
1 756 georeferenced · 218 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 974
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 · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 institutions21 of 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
243
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
192
Geneva, CH
87
Olocation not on record
66
NHMOlocation not on record
62
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
58
Helsinki, FI
57
Zürich, CH
57
Tartu, EE
56
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
54
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
38
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
37
Cambridge, US
37
TMPMlocation not on record
36
Kuopio, FI
36
Salzburg, AT
32
Bern, CH
30
Philadelphia, US
28
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
28
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
26
Paro, BT
21
Tromsø, NO
20
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
20
ZSMlocation not on record
19
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
18
Tilburg, NL
18
Metsähallituslocation not on record
17
WIlocation not on record
14
Dhaka, BD
14
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
13
neflocation not on record
12
EIBElocation not on record
12
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
10
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
9
MZLUlocation not on record
9
NMOKlocation not on record
7
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
7
ZMAAlocation not on record
7
Copenhagen, DK
6
BioFokuslocation not on record
6
Leuphanalocation not on record
5
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
4
Jyväskylä, FI
4
LSMlocation not on record
4
Trondheim, NO
4
Oulu, FI
3
Frauenfeld, CH
3
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
3
LEBAlocation not on record
2
SFRAlocation not on record
2
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
2
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Tallinn, EE
2
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Winterthur, CH
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
1
University of Guelphlocation not on record
1
Private Collection of H. Haraldseidelocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Naturhistorisches Museum Wienlocation not on record
1
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 1 574 of 1 974 vouchered records shown · 400 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 DNA56 detections
Where the DNA of Amara aulica 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 found56
Studies independent surveys3
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked20
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 56 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 countries0
Forest edge (suburban)GrasslandTrockenrasen
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 median17.0 °C 12.7–18.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.3 °C
Max temp (day)20.5 °C 14.8–22.6
Min temp (night)13.2 °C 8.20–14.8
Precipitation80.9 mm/mo 60.3–98.7
Air humidity59.3 % 57.2–62.7
Moisture balance-29.6 mm/mo -61.2–2.00
Vapour deficit771 Pa 543–876
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.40–4.40
Cloud cover44.8 % 32.5–53.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 53 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 608 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI56 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics39 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗