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 brevipalpis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries1
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 type756 records
Wild obs. + sensor9
Museum / vouchered746
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO940 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 3
8 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9
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 accuracy32% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 86≤10 km 174>10 km 8
269 georeferenced · 477 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence746
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 26 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Champaign, US
215
185
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
84
US
55
WIlocation not on record
50
UNHClocation not on record
22
Mississippi State, US
13
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
12
LULlocation not on record
11
White River Junction, US
10
WSUClocation not on record
10
Chicago, US
6
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
5
University of Alabamalocation not on record
5
Beltsville, US
5
Cambridge, US
5
Washington, US
4
University Park, US
4
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
2
New Haven, US
2
Saint John, CA
2
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
2
New Haven, US
2
Blacksburg, US
1
26 institutions · 718 of 746 vouchered records shown · 28 without an institution code
