Bombus maxillosus is a species of cuckoo bumblebee found in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland. They have also been located in Zanjan where the DNA of these unlikely species are being collected and tested. B. maxillosus is considered a rare species of the cuckoo bumblebee. The B. maxillosus is an open field species and is also sometimes classified as a wood edge species.
No narrative description available 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 Bombus barbutellus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens39
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections37
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus18 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 23 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)0.67%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.7%
Europe
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 351 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 518
Museum / vouchered2 675
Cultivated / captive3
Other155
Origin
Native1 525
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 136 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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 990≤1 km 389≤10 km 1 980>10 km 8
3 367 georeferenced · 151 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 518
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 accuracy10% within 1 km
≤100 m 39≤1 km 196≤10 km 2 046>10 km 116
2 397 georeferenced · 278 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 675
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions23 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bern, CH
462
Mons, BE
278
Zürich, CH
246
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
174
Salzburg, AT
110
Helsinki, FI
90
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
81
Philadelphia, US
52
PRAZlocation not on record
44
NMOKlocation not on record
40
Dhaka, BD
38
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
36
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
29
South Kensington, GB
28
Gothenburg, SE
27
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
25
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
25
Washington, US
25
ULglocation not on record
20
MZLUlocation not on record
18
Wuzhou, CN
14
Fribourg, CH
14
Bonn, DE
14
Cambridge, US
14
Ghent, BE
12
NCMGlocation not on record
12
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
11
ARTlocation not on record
11
PRUNlocation not on record
10
Ugentlocation not on record
8
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
8
Frauenfeld, CH
8
KZMlocation not on record
7
ZSMlocation not on record
7
Tartu, EE
4
Tallinn, EE
4
Universidad Miguel Hernándezlocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Champaign, US
3
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
2
Geneva, CH
2
University of Florence, Department of Biologylocation not on record
2
Paro, BT
2
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
1
UGRlocation not on record
1
UMUlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 2 034 of 2 675 vouchered records shown · 641 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA37 detections
Where the DNA of Bombus barbutellus 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 found37
Studies independent surveys2
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 37 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 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 median16.2 °C 12.7–18.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.8 °C
Max temp (day)20.9 °C 16.9–23.0
Min temp (night)11.2 °C 6.60–13.2
Precipitation85.8 mm/mo 56.9–179
Air humidity59.4 % 56.3–64.9
Moisture balance-22.8 mm/mo -61.8–67.9
Vapour deficit749 Pa 584–903
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.60–3.40
Cloud cover35.9 % 32.8–42.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 23 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 351 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics39 specimens↗
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