Amara plebeja is a species of ground beetle 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 plebeja has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens46
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections82
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus40 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.16%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
Europe
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAmara plebeja 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.
TreeOfSex · invert — Serrano J, Galian J (1998) A review of karyotypic evolution and phylogeny of carabid beetles (Coleoptera). Phylogeny and classification of Caraboidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) Proceedings of a Symposium (28 August, 1996, Florence, Italy) XX International Congress of Entomology. Torino: Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. ↗
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type13 505 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 745
Museum / vouchered3 666
Cultivated / captive15
Fossil17
Other62
Origin
Native2 263
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO17 916 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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 608≤1 km 2 532≤10 km 4 052>10 km 10
9 202 georeferenced · 543 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 745
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 317≤1 km 392≤10 km 2 648>10 km 42
3 399 georeferenced · 267 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 666
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 · 15 records without
Open the mapnot free-living15
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 institutions20 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
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
152
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanlocation not on record
149
Geneva, CH
95
Bern, CH
92
NHMOlocation not on record
79
Tartu, EE
69
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
64
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
61
Olocation not on record
54
Helsinki, FI
54
TMPMlocation not on record
53
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
49
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
46
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
45
Kuopio, FI
42
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
40
NMOKlocation not on record
39
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
35
Tilburg, NL
34
FEBlocation not on record
32
Zürich, CH
30
Metsähallituslocation not on record
26
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
23
Ghent, BE
21
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
20
EIBElocation not on record
19
CBDClocation not on record
17
Jyväskylä, FI
16
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
16
Trondheim, NO
15
NCMGlocation not on record
14
neflocation not on record
12
Vitoria, ES
11
SFRAlocation not on record
10
Frauenfeld, CH
10
Ugentlocation not on record
9
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
9
Copenhagen, DK
9
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
9
HAFLlocation not on record
8
Paro, BT
8
ZMAAlocation not on record
7
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
7
BioFokuslocation not on record
6
Salzburg, AT
6
Nijmegen, NL
5
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
5
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
4
LEBAlocation not on record
4
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
4
EGBlocation not on record
4
Tromsø, NO
4
Philadelphia, US
4
ZIBElocation not on record
4
LSMlocation not on record
3
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Oulu, FI
3
MZLUlocation not on record
3
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
2
Leuphanalocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Private Collection of H. Haraldseidelocation not on record
1
GMBRClocation not on record
1
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koeniglocation not on record
1
Department of Microbiology, Prince of Songkla Universitylocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 1 682 of 3 666 vouchered records shown · 1 984 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 DNA82 detections
Where the DNA of Amara plebeja 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 found82
Studies independent surveys4
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked14
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 82 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 countries0
LaubstreuTrockenrasenUferwiese
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 median14.6 °C 8.00–18.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.6 °C
Max temp (day)17.8 °C 11.0–22.5
Min temp (night)11.0 °C 4.00–14.5
Precipitation65.9 mm/mo 55.7–83.4
Air humidity60.3 % 57.4–64.1
Moisture balance-49.0 mm/mo -62.4–20.9
Vapour deficit653 Pa 436–874
Wind speed4.00 m/s 2.60–4.60
Cloud cover42.4 % 32.7–54.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 80 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 Facility13 505 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI82 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics46 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗