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 Aplocera praeformata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens45
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections42
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus41 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.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.13%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAplocera praeformata 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 size≈380 662 349 bp assembly estimate
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 Aplocera praeformata0.38 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness98.4% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type27 333 records
Wild obs. + sensor22 770
Museum / vouchered4 070
Other493
Origin
Native3 629
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO16 520 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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 8 961≤1 km 3 383≤10 km 9 578>10 km 151
22 073 georeferenced · 697 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor22 770
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 accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 687≤1 km 517≤10 km 2 626>10 km 62
3 892 georeferenced · 178 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 070
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 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Zürich, CH
482
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
284
Dhaka, BD
200
Bern, CH
189
Kuopio, FI
150
Salzburg, AT
147
Tartu, EE
80
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
75
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
61
Glarus, CH
60
Geneva, CH
56
Fribourg, CH
52
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
52
Helsinki, FI
44
ZMAAlocation not on record
42
Frauenfeld, CH
36
Philadelphia, US
33
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
33
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
33
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
28
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
28
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
27
Tallinn, EE
23
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
20
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
16
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
16
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
14
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
14
DABUHlocation not on record
13
ZSMlocation not on record
12
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
12
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
9
Paro, BT
8
SFRAlocation not on record
7
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
6
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
3
Maduka University Ekwegbe Nsukka Nigerialocation not on record
2
EGBlocation not on record
2
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
KSTRlocation not on record
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
46 institutions · 2 394 of 4 070 vouchered records shown · 1 676 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA42 detections
Where the DNA of Aplocera praeformata 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 found42
Studies independent surveys1
Countries9
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 42 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 countries0
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 median14.3 °C 6.80–18.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.5 °C
Max temp (day)18.4 °C 10.5–22.9
Min temp (night)9.00 °C 1.80–13.6
Precipitation98.1 mm/mo 50.8–265
Air humidity59.5 % 53.3–64.8
Moisture balance-3.40 mm/mo -117–145
Vapour deficit672 Pa 375–952
Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.50–5.80
Cloud cover35.8 % 31.2–39.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 38 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility27 333 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI42 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗