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 perplexa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
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 type5 226 records
Wild obs. + sensor5
Museum / vouchered5 221
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 720 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 3≤1 km 1>10 km 1
5 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor5
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 accuracy14% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 57≤10 km 331>10 km 34
426 georeferenced · 4 795 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 221
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 35 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
3 113
University Park, US
599
Champaign, US
241
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
223
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
167
109
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
100
Wuzhou, CN
97
Beltsville, US
89
St. Paul, US
78
New Haven, US
55
Cambridge, US
39
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
33
Philadelphia, US
31
White River Junction, US
23
WIlocation not on record
19
LULlocation not on record
19
WSUClocation not on record
18
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
17
New Haven, US
16
FWSlocation not on record
16
UNHClocation not on record
12
Decorah, US
9
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
7
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
6
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
5
OSUClocation not on record
5
Blacksburg, US
4
Lexington, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
USU/EMUS/AEIlocation not on record
3
Mississippi State, US
2
Chicago, US
1
Toronto, CA
1
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
1
35 institutions · 5 164 of 5 221 vouchered records shown · 57 without an institution code
