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 tibialis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections38
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus24 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. 90% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 68 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)4.1%
Haplotypes7
BINs3
Most divergent pair17.3%
Europe
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 666 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 124
Museum / vouchered2 518
Cultivated / captive1
Other23
Origin
Native665
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 484 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 accuracy24% within 1 km
≤100 m 528≤1 km 194≤10 km 2 253>10 km 4
2 979 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 124
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 accuracy21% within 1 km
≤100 m 127≤1 km 323≤10 km 1 656>10 km 76
2 182 georeferenced · 336 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 518
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions21 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bern, CH
302
Zürich, CH
237
ULglocation not on record
228
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
207
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
127
Paro, BT
109
KZMlocation not on record
105
NMOKlocation not on record
88
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
82
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
76
Dhaka, BD
60
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
56
Wuzhou, CN
53
Bonn, DE
49
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
48
Philadelphia, US
47
ZSMlocation not on record
41
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
32
Trondheim, NO
31
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
27
Mons, BE
23
Cambridge, US
21
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
21
PRAZlocation not on record
18
IENElocation not on record
12
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
9
Sion, CH
9
Ghent, BE
9
8
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
8
BioFokuslocation not on record
7
NHMOlocation not on record
7
PRUNlocation not on record
7
MZLUlocation not on record
7
Ugentlocation not on record
6
NCMGlocation not on record
6
Geneva, CH
6
Tilburg, NL
4
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
4
Helsinki, FI
4
CBDClocation not on record
3
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Tartu, EE
1
Tallinn, EE
1
Gothenburg, SE
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Champaign, US
1
50 institutions · 2 218 of 2 518 vouchered records shown · 300 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA38 detections
Where the DNA of Andrena tibialis 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 found38
Studies independent surveys2
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 38 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 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 median9.20 °C 4.90–11.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.4 °C
Max temp (day)13.4 °C 9.10–14.8
Min temp (night)4.20 °C 0.5–7.10
Precipitation51.5 mm/mo 40.8–87.1
Air humidity59.0 % 57.8–60.1
Moisture balance-26.0 mm/mo -45.2–5.50
Vapour deficit482 Pa 350–531
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.70–4.40
Cloud cover39.6 % 37.1–45.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 37 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.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI38 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics50 specimens↗
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