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Morphometry1
Body length♀3.2·♂2.45 mm
Predation3
Hunting guildsheet web weavers
Simple hunting guild IIweb
Web buildingyes
Ecology7
Ballooninguncommon
Light0.75 mm
Light 2semi-open
Moisture 10.75 mm
Moisture 2humid
Regional IUCN Red List categoryNear Threatened (NT)
Regional non-IUCN Red List categoryLeast Concern (*)
Defence1
Primary defenceBatesian mimicry
05DNA & barcoding28 specimens
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 Antistea elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens28
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections22
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus21 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 6 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)0.38%
Haplotypes6
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 382 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 813
Museum / vouchered2 554
Cultivated / captive6
Other9
Origin
Native457
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 276 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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 495≤1 km 430≤10 km 2 646>10 km 4
5 575 georeferenced · 238 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 813
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 635≤1 km 203≤10 km 818>10 km 30
1 686 georeferenced · 868 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 554
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 · 6 records without
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions16 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
Brussels, BE
541
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
477
Helsinki, FI
421
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
393
Paro, BT
93
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
56
Bern, CH
44
RMZlocation not on record
32
Ekaterinburg, RU
22
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
21
Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record
18
Copenhagen, DK
17
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE), UB RASlocation not on record
17
Tartu, EE
16
Bonn, DE
14
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
13
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
13
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
13
Tilburg, NL
11
Rovaniemi, FI
9
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
6
Frankfurt am Main
5
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record
5
South Kensington, GB
5
4
Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record
3
Washington, US
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitzlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
Geneva, CH
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Buenos Aires, AR
1
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record
1
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE) UB RASlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
40 institutions · 2 295 of 2 554 vouchered records shown · 259 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 DNA22 detections
Where the DNA of Antistea elegans 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 found22
Studies independent surveys1
Countries6
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 22 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
SchilfHochmoorriver vegetationPitfall traps, forest bog
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 median13.2 °C 8.00–15.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.1 °C
Max temp (day)16.6 °C 11.2–17.9
Min temp (night)8.10 °C 5.10–12.4
Precipitation74.3 mm/mo 58.0–172
Air humidity63.3 % 61.0–65.6
Moisture balance30.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit560 Pa 379–680
Wind speed3.30 m/s
Cloud cover44.9 % 38.3–51.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 22 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 382 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI22 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics28 specimens↗
World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University12 traits · 28 refs↗
World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗