Argiope bruennichi
(Scopoli, 1772) · speciesAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Argiope bruennichi's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility130 060 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 094 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 084 specimens↗
World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Argiope bruennichi est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Araneidae. En français elle est communément appelée Épeire fasciée, Épeire frelon, Argiope frelon, Argiope rayée ou Argiope fasciée.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
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 Argiope bruennichi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Argiope bruennichi 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
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).
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.
Record type130 060 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions20 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brussels, BE | 251 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 220 |
| KIBSlocation not on record | 103 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 73 |
| UAclocation not on record | 72 |
| YPIMlocation not on record | 54 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 39 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 38 |
| Bonn, DE | 31 |
| Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record | 26 |
| 25 | |
| Tilburg, NL | 24 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 23 |
| KBISlocation not on record | 21 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 18 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 16 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 12 |
| Helsinki, FI | 9 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 8 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 8 |
| Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE), UB RASlocation not on record | 8 |
| Ekaterinburg, RU | 6 |
| Bern, CH | 6 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 4 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitzlocation not on record | 4 |
| Geneva, CH | 4 |
| Washington, US | 3 |
| FETSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tartu, EE | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 2 |
| SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record | 2 |
| SNSDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 2 |
| Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| University of KwaZulu-Natallocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum Of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Bando, JP | 1 |
| Liverpool, GB | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Argiope bruennichi 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.