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 Argia translata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections9
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P657 bp consensus5 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. 96% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)1.8%
Haplotypes1
BIN1
Where individuals differ — all 25 variable positions, in barcode order
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 type11 312 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 556
Museum / vouchered1 756
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 448 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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 148≤1 km 1 557≤10 km 309>10 km 362
6 376 georeferenced · 3 180 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 556
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 accuracy64% within 1 km
≤100 m 309≤1 km 144≤10 km 224>10 km 29
706 georeferenced · 1 050 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 756
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 institutions17 of 31 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Washington, US
535
Odonata Centrallocation not on record
274
University Park, US
194
Mexico City, MX
156
Wuzhou, CN
69
St. Paul, US
50
Durango, MX
29
College Station, US
21
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
19
Lubbock, US
14
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record
12
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
12
OSUClocation not on record
11
Toronto, CA
11
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
10
IBNlocation not on record
9
Montréal, CA
8
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
6
Champaign, US
5
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
East Lansing, US
3
Montgomery, US
2
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Ricalocation not on record
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Juriquilla, MX
2
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
2
Universidad Icesi (ICESI)location not on record
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
New Haven, US
1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
1
31 institutions · 1 467 of 1 756 vouchered records shown · 289 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Argia translata 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 found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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 median24.4 °C 21.3–28.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.10 °C
Max temp (day)29.1 °C 25.9–32.8
Min temp (night)22.2 °C 14.6–25.8
Precipitation75.7 mm/mo 38.7–478
Air humidity59.1 % 49.6–70.6
Moisture balance-69.6 mm/mo -133–346
Vapour deficit1,208 Pa 923–1,549
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.00–4.40
Cloud cover28.0 % 22.5–38.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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 Facility11 312 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗