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 Aplotarsus incanus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens40
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections42
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus32 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)0.17%
Haplotypes5
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAplotarsus incanus 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≈694 430 236 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 Aplotarsus incanus0.69 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
Completeness99.6% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 955 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 751
Museum / vouchered1 204
Origin
Native255
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 320 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 accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 707≤1 km 544≤10 km 420>10 km 4
1 675 georeferenced · 76 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 751
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 162≤1 km 259≤10 km 657>10 km 47
1 125 georeferenced · 79 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 204
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 institutions22 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
82
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
81
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
78
Geneva, CH
60
Olocation not on record
56
Frauenfeld, CH
48
Philadelphia, US
41
Paro, BT
38
Bern, CH
36
CBDClocation not on record
32
NHMOlocation not on record
32
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
29
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
27
Fribourg, CH
27
Metsähallituslocation not on record
25
NCMGlocation not on record
25
Tartu, EE
24
MZLUlocation not on record
18
Zürich, CH
18
ZMAAlocation not on record
18
Kuopio, FI
14
Winterthur, CH
12
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
11
NMOKlocation not on record
11
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
10
Oulu, FI
9
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
9
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
9
TMPMlocation not on record
9
South Kensington, GB
8
Tilburg, NL
8
Rovaniemi, FI
8
Copenhagen, DK
7
neflocation not on record
7
Trondheim, NO
7
Jyväskylä, FI
6
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
6
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
6
LSMlocation not on record
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Tallinn, EE
4
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lillelocation not on record
4
Tromsø, NO
4
Dhaka, BD
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Museo civico Brancaleoni di Piobbicolocation not on record
2
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 990 of 1 204 vouchered records shown · 213 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA42 detections
Where the DNA of Aplotarsus incanus 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 surveys2
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 42 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
in der Verlandungszone gekeschert und geklopftWaldbachtalPinede
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 median13.1 °C 9.40–15.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)17.1 °C 13.4–19.6
Min temp (night)8.00 °C 5.40–11.7
Precipitation71.6 mm/mo 55.2–120
Air humidity59.9 % 57.0–63.6
Moisture balance-31.0 mm/mo -50.5–16.2
Vapour deficit589 Pa 481–702
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.30–4.50
Cloud cover37.2 % 33.0–55.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 41 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 Facility2 955 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI42 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗