Chrysobothris femorata, the flatheaded appletree borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
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 Chrysobothris femorata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens41
BINs6
Marker genes1
eDNA detections13
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P435 bp consensus33 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. 89% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 49 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)3.2%
Haplotypes25
BINs6
Most divergent pair9.9%
N.AmericaOther
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type781 records
Wild obs. + sensor37
Museum / vouchered744
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 308 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 3≤10 km 3>10 km 1
34 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor37
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 accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 18≤10 km 59>10 km 28
108 georeferenced · 636 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence744
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 institutions15 of 35 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
University of Guelphlocation not on record
266
Vernal, US
126
St. Paul, US
41
Agency of Natural Resources Department of Forests, Parks and Recreationlocation not on record
36
Lubbock, US
27
ASUlocation not on record
26
WIlocation not on record
25
University Park, US
22
College Station, US
19
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
17
Lexington, US
16
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
15
SOVTlocation not on record
13
US
13
WSUClocation not on record
12
San Francisco, US
11
The College of Idaho, Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
9
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
7
San Diego, US
6
University of California, Davis, Bohart Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
4
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
4
Saint John, CA
4
Champaign, US
3
CUlocation not on record
3
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Denver, US
2
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIAlocation not on record
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
University of Vermontlocation not on record
1
Washington, US
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Cambridge, US
1
MAJClocation not on record
1
35 institutions · 741 of 744 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Chrysobothris femorata 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 found13
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
farmTemperate mixed 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 median17.5 °C 15.9–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter30.1 °C
Max temp (day)21.9 °C 20.7–23.5
Min temp (night)13.5 °C 11.1–14.2
Precipitation131 mm/mo 83.9–156
Air humidity60.7 % 56.5–61.0
Moisture balance12.6 mm/mo -51.1–24.4
Vapour deficit775 Pa 744–876
Wind speed2.60 m/s 2.60–3.50
Cloud cover48.1 % 42.9–49.4
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.
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