The European potter wasp or European tube wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) is a species of potter wasp. As an imago (adult), the female collects as many as 20 caterpillars for each nest, which consists of a single cell. Her larval offspring then feed on these inside the nest, which is sealed with mud arranged by her. As adults, they eat nectar and aphid honeydew. Males cannot sting, and the sting of a female is not painful. They can be found on windows, foraging for nectar on flowers, or searching out small cracks or holes in which to nest.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Ancistrocerus gazella has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens70
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections79
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus66 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.
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-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAncistrocerus gazella carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈224 843 476 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Ancistrocerus gazella0.22 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type7 250 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 626
Museum / vouchered2 537
Cultivated / captive29
Other58
Origin
Native601
Introduced59
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 168 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 accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 128≤1 km 690≤10 km 636>10 km 365
3 819 georeferenced · 807 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 626
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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 143≤1 km 481≤10 km 1 400>10 km 44
2 068 georeferenced · 469 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 537
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 · 29 records without
Open the mapnot free-living29
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 institutions21 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
455
Zürich, CH
340
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
227
Bern, CH
181
Paro, BT
115
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
77
NMOKlocation not on record
66
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
64
MWLRlocation not on record
59
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
52
Auckland, NZ
45
Geneva, CH
45
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
35
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
30
Frauenfeld, CH
26
UAclocation not on record
23
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
18
St. Paul, US
14
Tilburg, NL
13
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
11
South Kensington, GB
9
Gothenburg, SE
9
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
8
Sion, CH
8
ZSMlocation not on record
8
IMEDEAlocation not on record
6
Trondheim, NO
6
Cambridge, US
5
Bonn, DE
5
MZLUlocation not on record
4
Helsinki, FI
4
Philadelphia, US
4
CBDClocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
UGRlocation not on record
3
NCMGlocation not on record
2
NHMOlocation not on record
2
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
2
Dhaka, BD
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
US
2
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
2
Champaign, US
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
University of Florence, Department of Biologylocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 2 006 of 2 537 vouchered records shown · 531 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 DNA79 detections
Where the DNA of Ancistrocerus gazella 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 found79
Studies independent surveys4
Countries15
Verifiable raw sequence linked5
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median15.1 °C 7.20–18.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.6 °C 10.5–23.1
Min temp (night)11.2 °C 3.30–14.1
Precipitation74.9 mm/mo 58.0–113
Air humidity59.9 % 57.7–64.4
Moisture balance-30.6 mm/mo -62.6–20.5
Vapour deficit686 Pa 436–901
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.40–5.10
Cloud cover41.7 % 33.4–49.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 53 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 Facility7 250 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI79 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics70 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗