Anthidium oblongatum, the oblong woolcarder bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees.2004, Apoidea Database, Fauna EuropaeaCatalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Literature references
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 Anthidium oblongatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens67
BINs1
Marker genes3
eDNA detections37
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus58 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.12%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.76%
N.AmericaEurope
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-5P18S-5PLWRHO
animal barcoderibosomalmarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type12 466 records
Wild obs. + sensor6 424
Museum / vouchered5 857
Other185
Origin
Native2 191
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 696 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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 507≤1 km 814≤10 km 1 594>10 km 571
5 486 georeferenced · 938 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 424
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 accuracy12% within 1 km
≤100 m 73≤1 km 480≤10 km 3 941>10 km 24
4 518 georeferenced · 1 339 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 857
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 institutions30 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Zürich, CH
837
US
662
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
471
Bern, CH
293
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
160
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
160
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
157
Paro, BT
103
White River Junction, US
84
University Park, US
82
NMOKlocation not on record
72
PRAZlocation not on record
55
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
55
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
51
Philadelphia, US
51
New Haven, US
49
WIlocation not on record
46
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
45
Philadelphia, US
44
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
37
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
36
Geneva, CH
35
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
34
UNHClocation not on record
33
LULlocation not on record
33
ULglocation not on record
32
Coimbra, PT
31
Dhaka, BD
28
Bonn, DE
25
IENElocation not on record
21
Fribourg, CH
21
Sion, CH
21
Wuzhou, CN
18
Roberts Creek, CA
17
FWSlocation not on record
15
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
14
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
14
PRUNlocation not on record
14
Cambridge, US
14
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
13
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
11
ZSMlocation not on record
11
Mons, BE
11
New Haven, US
10
10
MNHWlocation not on record
10
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
9
USALlocation not on record
7
Vernal, US
7
Tilburg, NL
7
Brussels, BE
4
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
4
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
4
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
4
ARTlocation not on record
4
Vermont Center for Ecostudieslocation not on record
3
University of Guelphlocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
3
Champaign, US
2
Frauenfeld, CH
2
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
2
University of Kinshasalocation not on record
2
UMUlocation not on record
2
Middlebury Collegelocation not on record
2
Blacksburg, US
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Tartu, EE
1
University of Florence, Department of Biologylocation not on record
1
Ugentlocation not on record
1
Ghent, BE
1
70 institutions · 4 123 of 5 857 vouchered records shown · 1 733 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA37 detections
Where the DNA of Anthidium oblongatum 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
Countries6
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 37 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
Vineyards85Vineyardkiwifruit orchardPasture and transitional woodland/shrubHerbaceous dune vegetation
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 median20.2 °C 12.8–24.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.3 °C
Max temp (day)23.6 °C 16.9–28.5
Min temp (night)15.2 °C 6.90–21.1
Precipitation64.5 mm/mo 7.10–170
Air humidity58.6 % 54.0–63.2
Moisture balance-39.9 mm/mo
Vapour deficit996 Pa 536–1,334
Wind speed3.20 m/s
Cloud cover38.0 % 34.7–41.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 33 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 466 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics67 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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