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 Andrena arabis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
BINs1
Marker genes1
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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 type1 515 records
Wild obs. + sensor24
Museum / vouchered1 482
Other9
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO868 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 accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 9≤10 km 2
23 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor24
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 accuracy7% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 7≤10 km 121>10 km 21
153 georeferenced · 1 329 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 482
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 institutions15 of 24 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1 061
Champaign, US
77
US
63
56
University Park, US
42
WIlocation not on record
36
Philadelphia, US
25
East Lansing, US
23
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
22
OSUClocation not on record
19
Cambridge, US
9
Washington, US
8
White River Junction, US
6
New Haven, US
5
Wuzhou, CN
4
UNHClocation not on record
3
Beltsville, US
3
Lexington, US
3
FWSlocation not on record
3
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
2
LULlocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
Decorah, US
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
24 institutions · 1 474 of 1 482 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
