Decticus albifrons

(Fabricius, 1775) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Tettigoniidae/Decticus

At a glance

Occurrence records24 529

Data sources10

Biological traits0

DNA specimens26

eDNA detections7

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Decticus albifrons's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility24 529 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF24 529 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries7 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD26 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈6.5 Gbp

01Narrative

A specimen of insect caught at night Decticus albifrons, the southern wartbiter, is a species of katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Southern EuropeFauna Europaea In Central Europe it is widespread only in Lower Austria and at the Neusiedler See.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding26 specimens

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 Decticus albifrons has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens26

BINs3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections7

Countries7

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus20 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. 87% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 84 variable positions, in barcode order

7Amostly conserved

16Cmostly conserved

22Amostly conserved

25Gvariable

31Amostly conserved

34Tmostly conserved

40Tvariable

43Amostly conserved

46Amostly conserved

55Cvariable

56Tvariable

76Amostly conserved

85Avariable

88Gvariable

94Tvariable

115Tmostly conserved

118Tmostly conserved

121Amostly conserved

122Amostly conserved

124Tmostly conserved

130Tvariable

163Gvariable

175Avariable

176Avariable

181Gmostly conserved

187Tvariable

190Tvariable

193Tmostly conserved

199Amostly conserved

200Gvariable

206Cvariable

226Tvariable

233Tmostly conserved

238Tmostly conserved

262Amostly conserved

271Avariable

280Avariable

322Tmostly conserved

346Amostly conserved

356Gvariable

358Tvariable

359Avariable

360Tvariable

370Cvariable

373Avariable

382Cvariable

394Tvariable

400Avariable

403Tvariable

412Tmostly conserved

428Tvariable

436Tvariable

448Tvariable

454Tvariable

460Tmostly conserved

463Tvariable

466Gvariable

470Gvariable

472Amostly conserved

478Tmostly conserved

484Avariable

496Cvariable

499Tvariable

508Avariable

511Amostly conserved

514Tvariable

523Tmostly conserved

529Tvariable

530Tvariable

541Tvariable

544Cmostly conserved

556Amostly conserved

562Avariable

565Gmostly conserved

577Amostly conserved

583Tvariable

595Tvariable

596Cvariable

616Tmostly conserved

622Tmostly conserved

625Amostly conserved

634Cmostly conserved

641Cvariable

646Cmostly conserved

AACATTATACTTCATCTTTGGAGCGTGAGCAGGTATAGTTGGAACATCTCTTAGCTTATTAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGTCAACCAGGGTA …

Variant network

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)5.1%

Haplotypes8

BINs3

Most divergent pair8.1%

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.

Tessellana veyselisame family16.8%Metrioptera ambiguasame family17.2%Ctenodecticus ramburisame family17.2%Ctenodecticus lusitanicussame family17.2%Anonconotus italoaustriacussame family17.3%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Decticus albifrons 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 size≈6 526 031 816 bp assembly estimate

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

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Decticus albifrons6.53 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Assembly levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type24 529 records

Wild obs. + sensor24 445

Museum / vouchered66

Other18

Origin

Native5

Introduced8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 108 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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 7 428≤1 km 3 973≤10 km 8 502>10 km 395

20 298 georeferenced · 4 147 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor24 445

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 7≤10 km 6

15 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence66

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 institutions5 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bonn, DE	19
Radicondoli, IT	3
CIBIOlocation not on record	2
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturaleslocation not on record	2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova \| Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record	2
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record	2
Provo, US	1
Geneva, CH	1
IMEDEAlocation not on record	1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record	1
Tartu, EE	1
Ilia State Universitylocation not on record	1
Universita degli Studi Roma Trelocation not on record	1
MZIANlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 38 of 66 vouchered records shown · 28 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA7 detections

Where the DNA of Decticus albifrons 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 found7

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 7 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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Decticus albifrons

At a glance

Sources10 archives

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type24 529 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 14 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type24 529 records