The varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) is a 3 mm-long beetle belonging to the family Dermestidae. They are a common species, often considered a pest of domestic houses and, particularly, natural history museums, where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets, furniture, clothing, and insect collections. A. verbasci was also the first insect to be shown to have an annual behavioral rhythm and to date remains a classic example of circannual cycles in animals.
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 verbasci has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens141
BINs1
Marker genes4
eDNA detections149
Countries17
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus116 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
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-5PCYTB
animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAnthrenus verbasci carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
TreeOfSex · invert — Smith SG, Virkki N (1978) Animal Cytogenetics Vol. 3 Insecta 5 Coleoptera. Berlin: Gebruder Borntraeger. ↗
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type33 504 records
Wild obs. + sensor30 596
Museum / vouchered2 854
Fossil2
Other52
Origin
Native516
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO69 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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 15 746≤1 km 4 003≤10 km 2 616>10 km 3 636
26 001 georeferenced · 4 595 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor30 596
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 accuracy15% within 1 km
≤100 m 71≤1 km 233≤10 km 1 197>10 km 502
2 003 georeferenced · 851 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 854
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 institutions44 of 97 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
242
Lexington, US
200
Bern, CH
195
New Haven, US
164
Chicago, US
119
DPIlocation not on record
119
Zürich, CH
105
Auckland, NZ
95
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
90
East Lansing, US
87
Dhaka, BD
87
Paro, BT
82
Helsinki, FI
62
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
61
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
60
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record
47
MWLRlocation not on record
40
University Park, US
39
Wuzhou, CN
37
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
32
Tilburg, NL
32
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
32
Chiba, JP
25
South Kensington, GB
24
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
23
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
23
Vitoria, ES
23
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
21
NSMKlocation not on record
20
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
20
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
19
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
18
Frauenfeld, CH
18
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
17
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
15
Sagamihara, JP
14
Radicondoli, IT
13
Museums Victorialocation not on record
13
Yamaguchi-shi, JP
12
Cape Town, ZA
12
Bando, JP
11
Sanda, JP
10
Edmonton, CA
10
MZLUlocation not on record
9
ZSMlocation not on record
9
Copenhagen, DK
9
NMOKlocation not on record
8
Montgomery, US
8
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record
8
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
7
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
7
Winterthur, CH
7
NCMGlocation not on record
6
Fribourg, CH
6
SOVTlocation not on record
5
Salzburg, AT
4
CBDClocation not on record
4
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
4
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
4
SFRAlocation not on record
4
Champaign, US
4
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
3
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
3
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
3
Sydney, AU
3
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
ULLlocation not on record
2
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
2
NHMOlocation not on record
2
Chicago, US
2
University of Sydney, Macleay Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
College Station, US
1
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad de La Lagunalocation not on record
1
UGRlocation not on record
1
CUlocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Washington, US
1
Itami Shi, JP
1
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
KwaZulu-Natal Museumlocation not on record
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
München, DE
1
Tomioka, JP
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
1
US
1
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
97 institutions · 2 555 of 2 854 vouchered records shown · 298 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA149 detections
Where the DNA of Anthrenus verbasci 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 found149
Studies independent surveys3
Countries17
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 149 detections have coordinates
Open the map17 countries0
UrbanForestStadt3. Shrubland | 3.6. Subtropical/Tropical Moi…HausCity parks and large gardens
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 median14.2 °C 5.80–18.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.2 °C
Max temp (day)17.7 °C 10.1–23.5
Min temp (night)10.5 °C 1.50–13.7
Precipitation59.6 mm/mo 34.0–87.4
Air humidity59.4 % 54.3–62.7
Moisture balance-42.9 mm/mo -87.5–6.80
Vapour deficit649 Pa 377–1,019
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.20–5.00
Cloud cover37.8 % 30.6–47.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 102 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 Foundation9 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility33 504 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI149 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics141 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗