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 nigrinus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens54
BINs6
Marker genes3
eDNA detections170
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus44 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. 89% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 70 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)4.6%
Haplotypes16
BINs6
Most divergent pair7.8%
EuropeN.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★ITS2CYTB
animal barcodefungal barcodemitochondrial
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type7 923 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 074
Museum / vouchered3 565
Fossil17
Other267
Origin
Native104
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 996 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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 672≤1 km 547≤10 km 468>10 km 8
3 695 georeferenced · 379 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 074
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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 589≤1 km 402≤10 km 361>10 km 45
3 397 georeferenced · 168 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 565
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 57 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
954
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
701
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
316
Metsähallituslocation not on record
295
Edmonton, CA
126
Jyväskylä, FI
108
Olocation not on record
69
Helsinki, FI
67
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
57
NHMOlocation not on record
42
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
34
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
31
Tartu, EE
29
Salzburg, AT
26
Tromsø, NO
25
Kuopio, FI
24
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
22
MZLUlocation not on record
18
LSMlocation not on record
16
Bern, CH
15
BioFokuslocation not on record
14
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
12
Copenhagen, DK
12
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
12
Tallinn, EE
12
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
11
Paro, BT
10
Stockholm, SE
10
neflocation not on record
9
NMOKlocation not on record
8
ZSMlocation not on record
7
TMPMlocation not on record
6
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
6
Oulu, FI
5
Rovaniemi, FI
5
McGill Universitylocation not on record
5
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
5
NCMGlocation not on record
4
ZMAAlocation not on record
4
CBDClocation not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
2
Dhaka, BD
2
Geneva, CH
2
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
2
McGill University, Lyman Entomological Museumlocation not on record
2
Zürich, CH
2
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
2
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
University of Oulu, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Julien Delnattelocation not on record
1
Office National des Forets, Laboratoire National d'Entomologie Forestierelocation not on record
1
57 institutions · 3 163 of 3 565 vouchered records shown · 402 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA170 detections
Where the DNA of Ampedus nigrinus 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 found170
Studies independent surveys4
Countries10
Verifiable raw sequence linked125
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 170 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 countries0
birchForestMesicaspenhakkuuaukea, suuri jättöhaapa, mahlavuotoa1. Forest & Woodland|1.1. Boreal Forest
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 median13.2 °C 7.60–16.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.7 °C
Max temp (day)17.0 °C 11.2–19.3
Min temp (night)8.10 °C 2.10–12.9
Precipitation76.0 mm/mo 50.2–116
Air humidity58.1 % 55.5–60.2
Moisture balance-32.2 mm/mo -47.5–10.7
Vapour deficit658 Pa 463–751
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.90–3.70
Cloud cover47.9 % 40.1–54.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 170 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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 923 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI170 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics54 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗