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 pomorum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens111
BINs3
Marker genes2
eDNA detections186
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus88 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. 95% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 35 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)1.5%
Haplotypes15
BINs3
Most divergent pair4.1%
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-5P★ITS2
animal barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type9 988 records
Wild obs. + sensor6 587
Museum / vouchered1 750
Cultivated / captive12
Fossil1
Other1 638
Origin
Native345
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 760 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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 077≤1 km 722≤10 km 2 355>10 km 22
5 176 georeferenced · 1 411 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 587
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 586≤1 km 371≤10 km 534>10 km 42
1 533 georeferenced · 217 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 750
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 · 12 records without
Open the mapnot free-living12
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 institutions19 of 48 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
370
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
96
Metsähallituslocation not on record
82
Trondheim, NO
81
Tartu, EE
70
Zürich, CH
61
NMOKlocation not on record
50
Salzburg, AT
41
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
40
Olocation not on record
39
NHMOlocation not on record
37
Helsinki, FI
36
Bern, CH
34
Paro, BT
30
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
30
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
29
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
28
BioFokuslocation not on record
23
neflocation not on record
22
MZLUlocation not on record
19
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
19
Tallinn, EE
17
Fribourg, CH
17
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
16
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
13
ZSMlocation not on record
13
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
13
Philadelphia, US
12
Copenhagen, DK
11
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
10
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
9
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
8
Jyväskylä, FI
7
Kuopio, FI
5
Winterthur, CH
5
Research Collection of Julien Delnattelocation not on record
5
Tilburg, NL
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
Sion, CH
3
Oulu, FI
3
Geneva, CH
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
2
Department of Molecular Biodiversity, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
2
LSMlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Benoit Dodelinlocation not on record
1
Tromsø, NO
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
48 institutions · 1 424 of 1 750 vouchered records shown · 326 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 DNA186 detections
Where the DNA of Ampedus pomorum 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 found186
Studies independent surveys3
Countries13
Verifiable raw sequence linked99
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 186 detections have coordinates
Open the map13 countries0
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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 median10.4 °C 5.20–17.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)14.8 °C 9.60–20.9
Min temp (night)6.20 °C 1.10–13.0
Precipitation57.3 mm/mo 38.4–103
Air humidity59.1 % 57.1–61.3
Moisture balance-30.1 mm/mo -64.7–0.6
Vapour deficit540 Pa 365–776
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.50–4.30
Cloud cover42.0 % 34.2–53.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 184 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 Facility9 988 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI186 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics111 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗