Andrena prunorum, otherwise known as the purple miner bee, is a species of solitary bees in the family Andrenidae. It is commonly found in the continental United States as well as much of North and Central America. Andrena prunorum is a spring-flying, ground-nesting bee that serves as a ubiquitous generalist in ecological settings. Both males and females live as prepupae in the winter in which they mate, and the females seek new sites for ground burrows. From there, they construct small cells surrounding a ball of pollen combined with nectar to nourish a laid egg before each cell is sealed, and the cycle begins anew. A. prunorum generally prefer the pollen derived from Rosaceae plants but will pollinate fruit trees if given the opportunity.
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 Andrena prunorum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens14
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections29
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus6 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)0.32%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
Where individuals differ — all 5 variable positions, in barcode order
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 190 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 323
Museum / vouchered2 867
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 392 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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 743≤1 km 204≤10 km 49>10 km 102
1 098 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 323
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 228≤1 km 83≤10 km 546>10 km 111
968 georeferenced · 1 899 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 867
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 institutions24 of 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
573
WSUClocation not on record
559
217
Wuzhou, CN
212
Champaign, US
182
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
132
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
95
Awka, NG
92
Beltsville, US
88
WIlocation not on record
85
University of Alabamalocation not on record
77
Vancouver, CA
74
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
70
US
69
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
62
Roberts Creek, CA
56
Cambridge, US
37
Provo, US
30
New Haven, US
24
München, DE
23
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
13
San Diego, US
12
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
12
Budapest, HU
8
ASUlocation not on record
8
OSUClocation not on record
6
Albuquerque, US
5
Chicago, US
4
US
4
BBSLlocation not on record
3
Washington, US
2
University of California, Davislocation not on record
2
Sherwood Park, CA
2
La Jolla, US
1
UCRClocation not on record
1
Alberta Environment and Parkslocation not on record
1
Nelson, CA
1
Toronto, CA
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Denton, US
1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
1
41 institutions · 2 846 of 2 867 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA29 detections
Where the DNA of Andrena prunorum 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 found29
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 29 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
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 median10.6 °C 5.50–17.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.0 °C
Max temp (day)16.8 °C 9.90–25.0
Min temp (night)3.90 °C -0.6–10.5
Precipitation26.2 mm/mo 14.3–42.7
Air humidity45.0 % 42.9–54.0
Moisture balance-121 mm/mo -152–-47.8
Vapour deficit742 Pa 416–1,128
Wind speed3.60 m/s 2.20–9.60
Cloud cover33.3 % 20.6–42.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 25 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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 190 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI29 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗