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 Anthrenus fuscus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens45
BINs3
Marker genes2
eDNA detections40
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus35 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. 89% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 72 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)5.2%
Haplotypes3
BINs3
Most divergent pair10.9%
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 915 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 689
Museum / vouchered967
Cultivated / captive5
Fossil5
Other249
Origin
Native317
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 460 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 728≤1 km 251≤10 km 432>10 km 54
1 465 georeferenced · 224 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 689
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 accuracy9% within 1 km
≤100 m 20≤1 km 57≤10 km 677>10 km 118
872 georeferenced · 95 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence967
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 5 records without
Open the mapnot free-living5
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 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Geneva, CH
126
East Lansing, US
75
Zürich, CH
67
Bern, CH
61
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
55
Dhaka, BD
51
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
25
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
25
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
21
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
20
Helsinki, FI
18
Paro, BT
18
Fribourg, CH
17
NMOKlocation not on record
16
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
14
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
12
Copenhagen, DK
11
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
10
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
8
Frauenfeld, CH
8
ZSMlocation not on record
8
Tartu, EE
7
Salzburg, AT
6
South Kensington, GB
6
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
6
Chicago, US
6
University of Guelphlocation not on record
5
CBDClocation not on record
4
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
4
Ugentlocation not on record
4
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
4
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
4
OSUClocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
3
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
2
Tilburg, NL
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
2
MZLUlocation not on record
1
Vitoria, ES
1
Winterthur, CH
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
NCMGlocation not on record
1
ULLlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
50 institutions · 752 of 967 vouchered records shown · 215 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA40 detections
Where the DNA of Anthrenus fuscus 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 found40
Studies independent surveys2
Countries8
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median14.4 °C 6.80–18.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 11.7–23.5
Min temp (night)10.4 °C 2.20–13.5
Precipitation70.5 mm/mo 50.4–91.6
Air humidity59.6 % 56.7–63.2
Moisture balance-37.7 mm/mo -66.4–-2.20
Vapour deficit663 Pa 442–902
Wind speed3.90 m/s 2.50–4.70
Cloud cover41.6 % 34.3–47.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 37 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI40 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗
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