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 cupreolata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens23
BINs2
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus15 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. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 49 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)1.4%
Haplotypes5
BINs2
Most divergent pair6.7%
N.America
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type456 records
Wild obs. + sensor4
Museum / vouchered452
Origin
Native5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO892 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 accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤10 km 1
4 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor4
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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 10≤10 km 95>10 km 18
144 georeferenced · 308 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence452
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 23 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
87
WIlocation not on record
59
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
45
Decorah, US
39
OSUClocation not on record
36
Tempe, US
26
Lexington, US
23
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
21
Saint John, CA
14
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
10
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
9
Provo, US
7
UDlocation not on record
7
University of Guelphlocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
5
National Ecological Observatory Network, United Stateslocation not on record
5
University Park, US
4
University of Alabamalocation not on record
4
Cambridge, US
3
College Station, US
2
CUlocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
23 institutions · 414 of 452 vouchered records shown · 38 without an institution code
