Aphelinus varipes

(Förster, 1841) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aphelinidae/Aphelinus

At a glance

Occurrence records123

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens966

eDNA detections1 759

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Aphelinus varipes's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility123 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 759 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics966 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.33 Gbp↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF123 records

Environmental DNA3 datasets · 30 countries1 759 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD966 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT333 Mbp

01Narrative

Aphelinus varipes is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie Aphelinidae. De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1841 door Förster.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding966 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 Aphelinus varipes has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens966

BINs6

Marker genes4

eDNA detections1 759

Countries30

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P514 bp consensus848 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. 94% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 31 variable positions, in barcode order

8Tvariable

27Avariable

48Tvariable

60Tmostly conserved

87Avariable

93Gvariable

96Amostly conserved

130Tmostly conserved

138Avariable

153Avariable

159Tvariable

162Avariable

174Tvariable

204Tmostly conserved

225Avariable

228Tvariable

234Avariable

237Tvariable

246Gvariable

369Avariable

387Tvariable

420Avariable

423Tvariable

438Gvariable

474Tvariable

477Tmostly conserved

483Tmostly conserved

486Avariable

489Tmostly conserved

492Tvariable

504Tvariable

GCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTTTTGTAATACCTGTAATAATAGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTATTTAATTCCTTTAATACTTGGTTCTCCAGAT …

Variant network

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)2.8%

Haplotypes34

BINs6

Most divergent pair12.1%

AsiaEuropeS.AmericaN.AmericaAfrica

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.

Aphelinus abdominalissame genus6.2%Aphelinus gossypiisame genus6.6%Aphelinus humilissame genus6.6%Trichogramma pintoisame order8.6%Trichogramma brassicaesame order8.6%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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★ITS218S-5P

animal barcodefungal barcoderibosomal

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Aphelinus varipes 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.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size332 520 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aphelinus varipes0.33 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type123 records

Wild obs. + sensor28

Museum / vouchered95

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO164 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 accuracy71% within 1 km

≤1 km 20≤10 km 5>10 km 3

28 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor28

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 accuracy25% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 3

4 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence95

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 institutions2 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	27
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	7
College Station, US	5
Eszterhazy Karoly University of Applied Scienceslocation not on record	3
Helsinki, FI	1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 44 of 95 vouchered records shown · 48 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 759 detections

Where the DNA of Aphelinus varipes 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 found1 759

Studies independent surveys3

Countries30

Verifiable raw sequence linked167

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 759 detections have coordinates

Open the map30 countries0

1. Forest & Woodland|1.9. Subtropical/Tropic…14. Artificial - Terrestrial|14.1 Arable Land8. Desert | 8.1. Hot Desert1. Forest & Woodland|1.5. Subtropical/Tropic…farm14. Artificial - Terrestrial

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 median17.2 °C 14.8–23.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.4 °C

Max temp (day)21.2 °C 18.5–28.1

Min temp (night)13.4 °C 9.80–17.8

Precipitation84.6 mm/mo 19.0–106

Air humidity59.5 % 48.8–62.5

Moisture balance-13.1 mm/mo -101–13.1

Vapour deficit790 Pa 656–1,336

Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.10–4.10

Cloud cover46.5 % 21.0–50.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 737 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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