Forcipomyia taiwana

(Shiraki, 1913) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Forcipomyia

At a glance

Occurrence records26

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Forcipomyia taiwana's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

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 & distributionGBIF26 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈130 Mbp

01Narrative

台灣鋏（）蠓（）（學名：），俗稱小黑蚊、黑微仔、雨微仔、烏微仔、小金剛，一種蠓科鋏蠓屬吸血昆蟲，主要分布於台灣，中國大陆廣東、福建低海拔地區，以及山東與秦嶺-淮河以南大部分省份。體長約1～1.4 mm，好吸人血，被叮咬奇癢無比，嚴重時可能引起過敏反應。幼蟲喜歡生長在竹林或草皮、樹林有長藍綠藻的地方，常有觀念誤解其以青苔為糧食，事實上是由於苔蘚類植物常和藻菌共同生長，而台灣鋏蠓以藻類（如小球藻）為食。雌成蟲好吸人血，做為哺育卵的營養補給品。

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Forcipomyia taiwana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries1

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

COI-5P680 bp consensus3 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)1.7%

Haplotypes2

BIN1

Most divergent pair1.6%

Where individuals differ — all 17 variable positions, in barcode order

33Avariable

93Cvariable

174Tvariable

180Cvariable

195Avariable

231Tvariable

279Avariable

282Tvariable

327Avariable

351Tvariable

384Cvariable

507Gvariable

633Gvariable

636Gvariable

639Avariable

645Tvariable

651Tvariable

AAAGATATTGGAACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCCTGAGCTGGAATAGTCGGGACTTCATTAAGAATTTTAATTCGTGCTGAGTTAGGT …

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.

Crypteria limnophiloidessame order13.4%Anopheles darlingisame order13.7%Bolitophila caspersisame order14.3%Silba adipatasame order14.3%Toxomerus flaviplurussame order14.4%

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 Forcipomyia taiwana 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≈130 434 311 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

THIS GENOME Forcipomyia taiwana0.13 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 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 levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type26 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered3

Other20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO32 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Forcipomyia taiwana 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median23.4 °C 23.4–23.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.6 °C

Max temp (day)24.8 °C

Min temp (night)21.2 °C

Precipitation161 mm/mo

Air humidity66.5 %

Moisture balance0 mm/mo

Vapour deficit959 Pa

Wind speed5.60 m/s

Cloud cover50.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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