Amara communis
(Panzer, 1796) · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Amara communis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 113 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics24 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Amara communis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae found in Ireland, from Siberia to Kamchatka, and Caucasus. The species are 6–8mm in length, and live in moss.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data 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 communis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Amara communis 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.
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.
2n 373×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
2n 383×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · TreeOfSex · invert
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Record type14 113 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions24 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanlocation not on record | 514 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 282 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 279 |
| FEBlocation not on record | 242 |
| Tartu, EE | 138 |
| Olocation not on record | 100 |
| EIBElocation not on record | 98 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 94 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 84 |
| Helsinki, FI | 84 |
| Bern, CH | 77 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 67 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 63 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 58 |
| TMPMlocation not on record | 57 |
| Kuopio, FI | 48 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 41 |
| Tilburg, NL | 40 |
| Geneva, CH | 39 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 36 |
| Zürich, CH | 35 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 29 |
| neflocation not on record | 28 |
| Tromsø, NO | 28 |
| Dhaka, BD | 27 |
| Philadelphia, US | 26 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 24 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 23 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 23 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 22 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 20 |
| Paro, BT | 20 |
| Salzburg, AT | 19 |
| IPEM TASlocation not on record | 19 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 18 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 16 |
| Montpellier, FR | 15 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 14 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 14 |
| Ghent, BE | 13 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 13 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 13 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 11 |
| LSMlocation not on record | 10 |
| Winterthur, CH | 9 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 8 |
| Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record | 8 |
| LEBAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 6 |
| Veterinary Laboratory Agencylocation not on record | 6 |
| Trondheim, NO | 5 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 4 |
| Tallinn, EE | 4 |
| Oulu, FI | 4 |
| Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE)location not on record | 3 |
| EWIClocation not on record | 3 |
| IZFRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Leuphanalocation not on record | 2 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 2 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Department of Microbiology, Prince of Songkla Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Amara communis 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.