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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Occurrence & distributionGBIF32 records
DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens
Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 10
01Narrative
Aphytis mytilaspidis is a species of chalcid wasp in the Aphelinidae family. The adults feed on scale insects and the larvae are ectoparasites of scales.
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 Aphytis mytilaspidis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
BINs1
Marker genes1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P500 bp consensus3 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 30 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)4.0%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair6.0%
Other
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualAphytis mytilaspidis 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.
Chromosomes2n = 10 n = 5
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤1 km 12≤10 km 6
18 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence32
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
MWLRlocation not on record
19
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
7
Champaign, US
3
Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institutelocation not on record
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility32 records↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗