Amblycerus robiniae

(Fabricius, 1781) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Amblycerus

At a glance

Occurrence records946

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens11

eDNA detections9

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Amblycerus robiniae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility946 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.76 Gbp↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF946 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD11 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT763 Mbp

01Narrative

Amblycerus robiniae is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding11 specimens

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 Amblycerus robiniae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens11

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections9

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Amblycerus robiniae 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 size762 840 000 bp

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 Amblycerus robiniae0.76 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type946 records

Wild obs. + sensor737

Museum / vouchered209

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 020 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 415≤1 km 77≤10 km 16>10 km 101

609 georeferenced · 128 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor737

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 accuracy26% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 8≤10 km 38>10 km 43

109 georeferenced · 100 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence209

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 institutions7 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Wuzhou, CN	85
Lexington, US	56
Denver, US	25
Lubbock, US	22
OSUClocation not on record	8
University of Guelphlocation not on record	3
Albuquerque, US	2
Tartu, EE	1
CUlocation not on record	1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record	1
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record	1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	1
US	1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 208 of 209 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Amblycerus robiniae 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median21.2 °C 16.8–22.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.0 °C

Max temp (day)26.2 °C 22.3–27.2

Min temp (night)17.4 °C 12.8–18.3

Precipitation144 mm/mo 108–151

Air humidity58.0 % 57.6–58.1

Moisture balance-30.6 mm/mo -53.8–-22.9

Vapour deficit1,054 Pa 893–1,115

Wind speed5.60 m/s 5.40–6.00

Cloud cover38.0 % 36.9–38.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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.

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