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Occurrence & distributionGBIF297 records
Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex303 Mbp
02Traits & measurements
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
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 Atta columbica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAtta columbica 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 size303 180 000 bp
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 Atta columbica0.30 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
TreeOfSex · invert — Lorite P, Palomeque T (2010) Karyotype evolution in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of the known ant chromosome numbers. Myrmecological News 13: 89-102. ↗
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy99% within 1 km
≤100 m 87>10 km 1
88 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor107
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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤1 km 56≤10 km 20>10 km 7
83 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence190
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 institutions3 of 7 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
81
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
64
EL PASO, US
14
CASlocation not on record
14
Universidad del Magdalena (UniMagdalena)location not on record
7
Cambridge, US
5
Chicago, US
5
7 institutions · 190 of 190 vouchered records shown
