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 rufus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens33
BINs1
Marker genes3
eDNA detections3
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus30 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. 96% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 27 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)1.9%
Haplotypes15
BIN1
Most divergent pair3.5%
OtherEurope
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 type7 859 records
Wild obs. + sensor6 972
Museum / vouchered887
Origin
Native200
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 020 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 accuracy64% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 787≤1 km 1 275≤10 km 2 262>10 km 62
6 386 georeferenced · 586 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 972
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 146≤1 km 154≤10 km 510>10 km 10
820 georeferenced · 67 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence887
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 institutions19 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
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
115
Zürich, CH
110
Geneva, CH
65
Bern, CH
60
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
58
Paro, BT
38
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
35
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
23
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
22
Fribourg, CH
15
Tallinn, EE
15
NCMGlocation not on record
12
BioFokuslocation not on record
11
Tartu, EE
11
Vitoria, ES
10
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
10
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
9
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
8
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
8
Copenhagen, DK
8
neflocation not on record
8
MZLUlocation not on record
8
NHMOlocation not on record
7
Olocation not on record
7
Trondheim, NO
7
Kuopio, FI
6
Sion, CH
6
Winterthur, CH
6
Helsinki, FI
6
Tilburg, NL
6
NMOKlocation not on record
6
Metsähallituslocation not on record
5
CBDClocation not on record
4
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
4
Frauenfeld, CH
3
Museo civico Brancaleoni di Piobbicolocation not on record
2
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lillelocation not on record
2
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
South Kensington, GB
2
University of Sydney, Macleay Museumlocation not on record
2
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
LSMlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Wellcome Sanger Institutelocation not on record
1
Ugentlocation not on record
1
Salzburg, AT
1
47 institutions · 750 of 887 vouchered records shown · 137 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Anthocomus rufus 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median11.5 °C 11.5–11.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.4 °C
Max temp (day)14.2 °C
Min temp (night)8.50 °C
Precipitation95.6 mm/mo
Air humidity64.0 %
Moisture balance40.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit488 Pa
Wind speed4.60 m/s
Cloud cover48.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
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