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 urbana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens17
BINs4
Marker genes2
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P473 bp consensus7 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. 79% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 99 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)9.0%
Haplotypes3
BINs4
Most divergent pair17.5%
N.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-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type14 687 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 761
Museum / vouchered11 926
Origin
Native8
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 556 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 524≤1 km 502≤10 km 112>10 km 166
2 304 georeferenced · 457 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 761
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 accuracy51% within 1 km
≤100 m 146≤1 km 189≤10 km 227>10 km 95
657 georeferenced · 11 269 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11 926
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 institutions20 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Beltsville, US
8 234
Wuzhou, CN
698
689
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
686
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
316
US
144
San Diego, US
134
Santa Cruz, US
133
Awka, NG
131
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
103
Provo, US
70
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
62
University of California, Davislocation not on record
60
Cambridge, US
52
OSUClocation not on record
45
Champaign, US
44
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
41
La Jolla, US
31
ASUlocation not on record
30
Albuquerque, US
29
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
28
University of Alabamalocation not on record
21
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
18
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
17
UBCZlocation not on record
17
WSUClocation not on record
14
WIlocation not on record
11
New Haven, US
10
US
10
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
10
Los Angeles, US
8
Chicago, US
6
Roberts Creek, CA
6
San Francisco, US
3
University of California, Davis, Bohart Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
2
University of Arizona, Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
EL PASO, US
2
PCYUlocation not on record
2
Blacksburg, US
2
York University, Packer Collectionlocation not on record
1
40 institutions · 11 922 of 11 926 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Anthophora urbana 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 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 median15.2 °C 14.7–15.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.0 °C
Max temp (day)21.9 °C 21.3–22.0
Min temp (night)8.40 °C 8.20–8.40
Precipitation44.6 mm/mo 40.9–65.0
Air humidity49.6 % 47.2–51.0
Moisture balance-95.6 mm/mo -97.3–-86.6
Vapour deficit876 Pa 826–925
Wind speed2.50 m/s 2.10–2.70
Cloud cover35.0 % 32.8–36.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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 Facility14 687 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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