Anthocomus equestris is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is native to Eurasia, but also found in the eastern half of the United States.
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 Anthocomus equestris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens57
BINs3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections55
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus51 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. 84% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 107 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)4.3%
Haplotypes15
BINs3
Most divergent pair6.1%
EuropeN.America
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-3P★COI-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 215 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 345
Museum / vouchered867
Other3
Origin
Native233
Introduced46
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 344 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 accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 851≤1 km 511≤10 km 817>10 km 580
3 759 georeferenced · 586 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 345
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 accuracy11% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 71≤10 km 498>10 km 162
744 georeferenced · 123 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence867
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 42 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
119
Geneva, CH
114
Bern, CH
64
Lexington, US
56
Paro, BT
50
Philadelphia, US
46
New Haven, US
32
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
27
Frauenfeld, CH
27
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
25
Dhaka, BD
21
Fribourg, CH
20
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
17
Tilburg, NL
15
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
15
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
14
University of Sydney, Macleay Museumlocation not on record
14
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
14
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
10
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
8
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
8
Tartu, EE
7
Trondheim, NO
7
Olocation not on record
6
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
NHMOlocation not on record
5
Winterthur, CH
5
Sion, CH
4
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4
University Park, US
2
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Washington, US
2
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
2
MZLUlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Tallinn, EE
1
42 institutions · 789 of 867 vouchered records shown · 78 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA55 detections
Where the DNA of Anthocomus equestris 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 found55
Studies independent surveys1
Countries7
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 55 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
Temperate mixed forestGrasslandHofgeländeSiedlungUrban14. Artificial - Terrestrial|14.5 Urban Areas
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 median12.9 °C 6.90–18.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.1 °C
Max temp (day)17.2 °C 11.9–23.1
Min temp (night)8.00 °C 2.20–14.2
Precipitation76.7 mm/mo 66.1–103
Air humidity57.6 % 55.4–60.1
Moisture balance-34.8 mm/mo -58.4–-1.10
Vapour deficit628 Pa 447–884
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.10–4.30
Cloud cover41.2 % 31.9–49.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 51 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 Facility5 215 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI55 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics57 specimens↗
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