Araneus miniatus

(Walckenaer, 1841) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/Araneidae/Araneus

At a glance

Occurrence records186

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Araneus miniatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility186 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF186 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Araneus miniatus is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Araneus miniatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries2

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

COI-5P658 bp consensus6 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. 92% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 54 variable positions, in barcode order

13Avariable

22Gvariable

25Avariable

43Amostly conserved

67Avariable

82Amostly conserved

88Gvariable

100Amostly conserved

136Cvariable

145Cvariable

160Avariable

163Avariable

166Avariable

181Gvariable

202Gmostly conserved

205Avariable

206Tmostly conserved

220Cvariable

235Cvariable

250Cvariable

256Avariable

265Avariable

268Avariable

271Avariable

274Tvariable

295Tmostly conserved

304Amostly conserved

310Amostly conserved

316Avariable

325Avariable

343Tvariable

346Cvariable

361Gvariable

370Tvariable

373Avariable

376Cmostly conserved

379Tvariable

400Avariable

403Avariable

433Gvariable

454Tmostly conserved

478Gvariable

511Avariable

538Cvariable

542Cvariable

556Cvariable

562Avariable

581Tmostly conserved

610Tvariable

613Cvariable

616Cmostly conserved

631Gmostly conserved

634Cvariable

637Tmostly conserved

TACTTTATATTTAATTTTTGGGGCATGAGCTGCTATAGTTGGAACTGCTATAAGAGTATTAATTCGAGTAGAATTAGGTCAATCTGGGAG …

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)4.3%

Haplotypes4

BINs2

Most divergent pair6.4%

N.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.

Araneus partitussame genus9.1%Neoscona subfuscasame family11.0%Kilima decenssame family11.6%Cyclosa mulmeinensissame family12.0%Argiope minutasame family12.0%

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type186 records

Wild obs. + sensor146

Museum / vouchered40

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO660 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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 65≤1 km 17≤10 km 4>10 km 21

107 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor146

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 accuracy22% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 3≤10 km 19>10 km 6

32 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence40

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 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	31
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratorylocation not on record	4
Denver, US	1
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	1
US	1
Champaign, US	1

6 institutions · 39 of 40 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Araneus miniatus 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

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Forest

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 median28.2 °C 18.2–28.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.0 °C

Max temp (day)33.2 °C 23.2–33.2

Min temp (night)24.5 °C 14.2–24.5

Precipitation114 mm/mo 114–115

Air humidity60.9 % 60.9–61.7

Moisture balance-65.1 mm/mo -65.1–-21.7

Vapour deficit1,491 Pa 843–1,491

Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.50–2.80

Cloud cover22.7 % 22.7–40.2

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.

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