The neighbouring miner bee (Andrena vicina) is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. Another common name for this species is the neighborly miner. It is found in North America.
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 vicina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens34
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections37
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus32 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)0.92%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.4%
Where individuals differ — all 19 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 type5 994 records
Wild obs. + sensor655
Museum / vouchered5 339
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 932 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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 362≤1 km 158≤10 km 7>10 km 55
582 georeferenced · 73 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor655
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 accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 42≤1 km 358≤10 km 344>10 km 72
816 georeferenced · 4 523 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 339
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 institutions23 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
1 352
WIlocation not on record
529
427
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
394
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
391
St. Paul, US
300
Toronto, CA
220
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
169
Champaign, US
162
White River Junction, US
156
University Park, US
147
New Haven, US
142
Cambridge, US
126
UNHClocation not on record
94
LULlocation not on record
66
Wuzhou, CN
64
BBSLlocation not on record
40
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
36
New Haven, US
35
FWSlocation not on record
25
Beltsville, US
24
University of Western Ontariolocation not on record
20
Philadelphia, US
15
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
15
OSUClocation not on record
14
Vancouver, CA
12
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
11
Toronto, CA
11
Decorah, US
10
Lexington, US
10
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
6
University of Guelphlocation not on record
6
Chicago, US
5
Sherwood Park, CA
4
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
3
WSUClocation not on record
2
Saint John, CA
2
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
Blacksburg, US
2
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
2
Middlebury Collegelocation not on record
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
Roberts Creek, CA
1
VTFPRlocation not on record
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
York University, Packer Collectionlocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 5 060 of 5 339 vouchered records shown · 279 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA37 detections
Where the DNA of Andrena vicina 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 found37
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median13.7 °C 11.2–17.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.4 °C
Max temp (day)18.8 °C 18.0–22.8
Min temp (night)9.00 °C 5.40–14.2
Precipitation84.5 mm/mo 63.8–109
Air humidity55.7 % 54.9–61.7
Moisture balance-57.7 mm/mo -59.1–-12.7
Vapour deficit675 Pa 610–861
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.30–4.80
Cloud cover43.8 % 39.9–47.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 30 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.