Ancistrocerus parietinus is a Palearctic species of potter wasp. BWARSEdward Saunders 1896, The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Isles London. pdf us.archive Full text with illustrations]
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 parietinus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens33
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections61
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 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)0.14%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
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-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 501 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 734
Museum / vouchered2 745
Cultivated / captive3
Other19
Origin
Native241
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 224 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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 018≤1 km 321≤10 km 328>10 km 1
1 668 georeferenced · 66 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 734
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 363≤1 km 525≤10 km 1 501>10 km 61
2 450 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 745
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 · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 43 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
1 028
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
253
Philadelphia, US
141
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
131
Bern, CH
116
Zürich, CH
85
Paro, BT
72
ZMAAlocation not on record
67
NHMOlocation not on record
45
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
43
Stockholm, SE
40
Trondheim, NO
39
Geneva, CH
34
NCMGlocation not on record
33
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
33
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
32
NMOKlocation not on record
31
Gothenburg, SE
31
CBDClocation not on record
29
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
28
BioFokuslocation not on record
26
Bonn, DE
23
Frauenfeld, CH
18
Tartu, EE
18
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
16
neflocation not on record
12
Tilburg, NL
11
MZLUlocation not on record
10
Kuopio, FI
8
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
5
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
Sion, CH
4
Dhaka, BD
4
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
4
Winterthur, CH
4
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
1
DFlocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
South Kensington, GB
1
43 institutions · 2 488 of 2 745 vouchered records shown · 257 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 DNA61 detections
Where the DNA of Ancistrocerus parietinus 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 found61
Studies independent surveys3
Countries7
Verifiable raw sequence linked27
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 61 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
Forest edge (suburban)
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 median14.5 °C 7.10–17.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 10.3–20.8
Min temp (night)10.4 °C 3.70–13.1
Precipitation67.9 mm/mo 55.6–95.3
Air humidity59.9 % 56.0–64.1
Moisture balance-33.9 mm/mo -58.6–0.6
Vapour deficit672 Pa 431–777
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.90–4.30
Cloud cover46.9 % 38.6–52.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 48 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.
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