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 Apterothrips secticornis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens89
BINs5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections3
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P605 bp consensus8 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. 77% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 138 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)11.6%
Haplotypes4
BINs4
Most divergent pair18.0%
OtherN.America
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 type304 records
Wild obs. + sensor6
Museum / vouchered298
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO356 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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤1 km 3>10 km 2
5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6
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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 32≤1 km 76≤10 km 16>10 km 1
125 georeferenced · 173 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence298
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 institutions4 of 12 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
119
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
89
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
30
MZLUlocation not on record
17
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
13
Edmonton, CA
10
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
8
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Researchlocation not on record
5
Mexico City, MX
2
Washington, US
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
12 institutions · 298 of 298 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Apterothrips secticornis 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Slope with grass
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 median6.20 °C 6.20–6.20
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.60 °C
Max temp (day)8.60 °C
Min temp (night)2.80 °C
Precipitation97.9 mm/mo
Air humidity63.2 %
Vapour deficit348 Pa
Cloud cover56.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
