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 Anthophora bimaculata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens44
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections46
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus41 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 8 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)0.57%
Haplotypes19
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.4%
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 type4 181 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 628
Museum / vouchered1 059
Other494
Origin
Native371
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 980 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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 050≤1 km 360≤10 km 800>10 km 123
2 333 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 628
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 19≤1 km 144≤10 km 595>10 km 13
771 georeferenced · 288 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 059
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 institutions17 of 45 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
85
Beltsville, US
64
Paro, BT
57
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
54
Coimbra, PT
53
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
53
KZMlocation not on record
52
50
Mons, BE
48
Bonn, DE
41
ULglocation not on record
40
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
38
Wuzhou, CN
35
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
31
NMOKlocation not on record
30
Bern, CH
30
Philadelphia, US
29
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
26
ZSMlocation not on record
16
IENElocation not on record
13
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
11
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
9
South Kensington, GB
7
USALlocation not on record
7
Sion, CH
7
NCMGlocation not on record
5
PRUNlocation not on record
4
PRAZlocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
3
Tallinn, EE
2
UGRlocation not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
2
Winterthur, CH
2
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
1
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
Sevilla, ES
1
IMEDEAlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
Ghent, BE
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
45 institutions · 924 of 1 059 vouchered records shown · 135 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA46 detections
Where the DNA of Anthophora bimaculata 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 found46
Studies independent surveys1
Countries6
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 46 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
oakwoodland edgemeadow with Centaurea
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 median17.7 °C 16.4–20.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.8 °C
Max temp (day)21.9 °C 20.4–24.4
Min temp (night)13.2 °C 11.2–16.2
Precipitation57.9 mm/mo 34.1–90.7
Air humidity58.1 % 54.8–61.5
Moisture balance-59.0 mm/mo -119–45.0
Vapour deficit837 Pa 753–964
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.20–4.30
Cloud cover36.3 % 31.5–40.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 39 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 181 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI46 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics44 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗