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 Anasimyia contracta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens23
BINs1
Marker genes2
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus11 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 15 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)0.59%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
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-5P16S
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 599 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 436
Museum / vouchered163
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 332 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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 117≤1 km 325≤10 km 901>10 km 2
2 345 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 436
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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 85≤1 km 34≤10 km 10
129 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence163
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 institutions6 of 25 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
35
Tilburg, NL
10
DFFW1981location not on record
8
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sadlocation not on record
7
Philadelphia, US
7
Trondheim, NO
6
DFlocation not on record
6
Helsinki, FI
6
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
6
MZLUlocation not on record
6
DFFW2018location not on record
5
DFFW2016location not on record
5
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
5
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
4
Gothenburg, SE
3
Norwegian Institute for Nature Researchlocation not on record
3
NHMOlocation not on record
3
neflocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
CBDClocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Robert Zoralskilocation not on record
1
NEFlocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
25 institutions · 140 of 163 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code
