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 parietum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens30
BINs3
Marker genes2
eDNA detections22
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus22 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. 96% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 25 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)1.3%
Haplotypes5
BINs3
Most divergent pair7.0%
EuropeAfrica
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 type2 795 records
Wild obs. + sensor983
Museum / vouchered1 807
Other5
Origin
Native128
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 424 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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 243≤1 km 199≤10 km 474>10 km 3
919 georeferenced · 64 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor983
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 accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 157≤1 km 332≤10 km 1 065>10 km 11
1 565 georeferenced · 242 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 807
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 institutions18 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
698
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
124
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
120
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
91
Philadelphia, US
87
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
86
Zürich, CH
78
Trondheim, NO
37
MZLUlocation not on record
31
Bonn, DE
30
NCMGlocation not on record
25
CBDClocation not on record
25
Bern, CH
24
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
23
Tartu, EE
21
Paro, BT
21
ZMAAlocation not on record
15
NMOKlocation not on record
13
WIlocation not on record
12
Tilburg, NL
11
Frauenfeld, CH
9
Geneva, CH
9
Stockholm, SE
9
Gothenburg, SE
8
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
8
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
7
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
neflocation not on record
5
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
3
University of Guelphlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
NHMOlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Dhaka, BD
2
Sion, CH
2
University Park, US
2
Kuopio, FI
1
UAclocation not on record
1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
1
43 institutions · 1 666 of 1 807 vouchered records shown · 141 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA22 detections
Where the DNA of Ancistrocerus parietum 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 found22
Studies independent surveys2
Countries8
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 22 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
small cliff
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 median16.7 °C 11.6–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.2 °C
Max temp (day)20.8 °C 14.5–22.7
Min temp (night)12.5 °C 6.20–13.9
Precipitation76.6 mm/mo 56.4–107
Air humidity59.5 % 55.9–61.0
Moisture balance-46.7 mm/mo -59.0–5.00
Vapour deficit795 Pa 542–877
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.30–4.10
Cloud cover42.6 % 31.7–46.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 16 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 Facility2 795 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI22 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics30 specimens↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗