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 Amphicerus cornutus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens35
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P636 bp consensus30 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.17%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.31%
N.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
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type629 records
Wild obs. + sensor166
Museum / vouchered463
Origin
Native3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO820 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 115≤1 km 6≤10 km 6>10 km 21
148 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor166
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 40≤1 km 12≤10 km 86>10 km 46
184 georeferenced · 279 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence463
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 institutions13 of 22 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
College Station, US
151
University of Alabamalocation not on record
72
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
46
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
31
East Lansing, US
26
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
25
San Diego, US
18
US
13
Lexington, US
11
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillolocation not on record
9
Lubbock, US
9
ASUlocation not on record
7
Ciudad de México, MX
5
Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record
4
Wuzhou, CN
4
MX
4
OSUClocation not on record
4
Mayagüez, PR
4
Los Angeles, US
3
New Haven, US
2
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
2
Albuquerque, US
1
22 institutions · 451 of 463 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code
