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 Ampedus balteatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens143
BINs1
Marker genes4
eDNA detections137
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus125 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 10 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)0.69%
Haplotypes23
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.1%
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★ITS218S-5P
animal barcodefungal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type18 636 records
Wild obs. + sensor12 991
Museum / vouchered4 884
Cultivated / captive6
Fossil11
Other744
Origin
Native436
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO25 704 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 accuracy65% within 1 km
≤100 m 5 756≤1 km 2 033≤10 km 4 038>10 km 76
11 903 georeferenced · 1 088 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor12 991
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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 040≤1 km 644≤10 km 936>10 km 66
4 686 georeferenced · 198 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 884
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 · 6 records without
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions23 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Trondheim, NO
787
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
488
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
335
Metsähallituslocation not on record
317
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
173
Olocation not on record
98
Tartu, EE
97
NHMOlocation not on record
84
Jyväskylä, FI
69
Helsinki, FI
69
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
51
Paro, BT
50
Bern, CH
47
Zürich, CH
41
Geneva, CH
39
Salzburg, AT
37
Fribourg, CH
36
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
35
Dhaka, BD
33
Tilburg, NL
31
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
30
BioFokuslocation not on record
28
CBDClocation not on record
24
MZLUlocation not on record
24
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
22
Tromsø, NO
22
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
21
Philadelphia, US
19
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
19
Frauenfeld, CH
17
Kuopio, FI
16
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
16
NMOKlocation not on record
16
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
14
Oulu, FI
14
ZSMlocation not on record
12
LSMlocation not on record
12
Tallinn, EE
11
Stockholm, SE
11
Copenhagen, DK
10
ZMAAlocation not on record
10
TMPMlocation not on record
10
South Kensington, GB
9
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
9
neflocation not on record
9
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
8
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lillelocation not on record
6
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
5
Sion, CH
4
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
Department of Molecular Biodiversity, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
3
NCMGlocation not on record
3
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
2
MSNMlocation not on record
2
Musée de l'Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernardlocation not on record
2
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
2
Rovaniemi, FI
1
61 institutions · 3 376 of 4 884 vouchered records shown · 1 507 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 DNA137 detections
Where the DNA of Ampedus balteatus 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 found137
Studies independent surveys1
Countries12
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 137 detections have coordinates
Open the map12 countries0
forest edge, on low veget.rotfauler EichenmulmFeld / WieseMischwaldauf einer blühenden Wiese und von Wasserpfl…Kiefern-Fichtenwald
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 median13.7 °C 7.90–15.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.2 °C
Max temp (day)16.7 °C 11.3–18.9
Min temp (night)9.90 °C 3.50–11.2
Precipitation71.1 mm/mo 56.3–98.3
Air humidity58.4 % 57.5–62.2
Moisture balance-40.3 mm/mo -53.3–34.7
Vapour deficit662 Pa 439–724
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.10–4.10
Cloud cover43.5 % 34.6–47.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 134 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 Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 636 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI137 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics143 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗