Ammophila pictipennis

Walsh, 1869 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Sphecidae/Ammophila

At a glance

Occurrence records1 319

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Ammophila pictipennis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 319 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.40 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 & distributionGBIF1 319 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT401 Mbp

01Narrative

Ammophila pictipennis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae, found in the eastern half of North America. Ammophila pictipennis, Virginia

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Ammophila pictipennis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

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-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Ammophila pictipennis 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 size400 980 000 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 Ammophila pictipennis0.40 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 319 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 017

Museum / vouchered302

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 576 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 552≤1 km 188≤10 km 32>10 km 66

838 georeferenced · 179 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 017

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 15>10 km 2

17 georeferenced · 285 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence302

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 institutions8 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
US	239
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	13
	12
Champaign, US	8
New Haven, US	7
Cambridge, US	7
Lake Placid, US	6
College Station, US	4
University of Guelphlocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	1
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record	1
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 302 of 302 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ammophila pictipennis 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median25.6 °C 25.6–25.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.4 °C

Max temp (day)31.1 °C

Min temp (night)21.0 °C

Precipitation96.6 mm/mo

Air humidity59.4 %

Moisture balance-69.4 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,336 Pa

Wind speed2.40 m/s

Cloud cover35.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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Ammophila pictipennis

At a glance

Sources8 archives

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Record type1 319 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 12 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 319 records