Anthrenus (Anthrenus) scrophulariae, also known as the common carpet beetle or buffalo carpet beetle, is a species of beetle originally found in Europe, the Middle East and the Nearctic, which has now spread to most of the world. Adult beetles feed on pollen and nectar, but the larvae feed on animal fibres and can be damaging pests to carpets, fabrics and museum specimens.
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 Anthrenus scrophulariae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens33
BINs1
Marker genes3
eDNA detections30
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus24 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 9 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)0.52%
Haplotypes5
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
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-3P★COI-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 725 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 300
Museum / vouchered1 364
Other61
Origin
Native271
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 352 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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 521≤1 km 557≤10 km 444>10 km 207
2 729 georeferenced · 571 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 300
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤100 m 68≤1 km 150≤10 km 595>10 km 258
1 071 georeferenced · 293 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 364
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 institutions30 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bern, CH
111
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
106
Zürich, CH
103
Geneva, CH
89
Chicago, US
71
East Lansing, US
65
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
58
Paro, BT
57
New Haven, US
45
Tartu, EE
33
Olocation not on record
29
Fribourg, CH
28
Helsinki, FI
26
Philadelphia, US
26
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record
25
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
25
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
23
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
22
Lexington, US
21
NHMOlocation not on record
20
Frauenfeld, CH
17
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
17
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
16
University Park, US
11
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
11
Sion, CH
11
NMOKlocation not on record
10
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
9
SFRAlocation not on record
8
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
8
DPIlocation not on record
7
Jyväskylä, FI
7
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
Winterthur, CH
7
Chicago, US
7
MZLUlocation not on record
6
Trondheim, NO
6
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
6
Dhaka, BD
5
QVMAGlocation not on record
5
Salzburg, AT
5
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
5
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Wuzhou, CN
4
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record
3
TMPMlocation not on record
3
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Sydney, Macleay Museumlocation not on record
2
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuariaslocation not on record
1
Tilburg, NL
1
US
1
Oulu, FI
1
neflocation not on record
1
University of Guelphlocation not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
Kuopio, FI
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
CUlocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
US
1
69 institutions · 1 227 of 1 364 vouchered records shown · 137 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA30 detections
Where the DNA of Anthrenus scrophulariae 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 found30
Studies independent surveys1
Countries7
Signal confidence: weakweighed 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 median13.2 °C 8.70–19.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.4 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 12.5–23.2
Min temp (night)8.40 °C 3.10–14.2
Precipitation59.6 mm/mo 47.7–91.1
Air humidity58.5 % 55.8–61.8
Moisture balance-43.0 mm/mo -93.1–6.20
Vapour deficit660 Pa 462–1,007
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.30–3.90
Cloud cover39.1 % 33.9–46.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 23 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-EBI30 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics33 specimens↗
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