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 Harpalus tardus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens55
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections49
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus43 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 4 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)0.27%
Haplotypes10
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type12 681 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 550
Museum / vouchered3 012
Cultivated / captive2
Fossil2
Other115
Origin
Native2 551
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 532 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 accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 223≤1 km 1 459≤10 km 5 444>10 km 10
9 136 georeferenced · 414 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 550
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤100 m 216≤1 km 345≤10 km 2 247>10 km 44
2 852 georeferenced · 160 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 012
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 · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
EIBElocation not on record
181
Geneva, CH
160
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
151
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
133
Paro, BT
100
Zürich, CH
80
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
77
Helsinki, FI
64
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
62
Tartu, EE
46
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
44
NMOKlocation not on record
43
Tilburg, NL
43
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
42
Bern, CH
40
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
40
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
37
Leuphanalocation not on record
34
TMPMlocation not on record
31
Dhaka, BD
30
Ghent, BE
29
Frauenfeld, CH
27
LEBAlocation not on record
26
Olocation not on record
26
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
24
NHMOlocation not on record
23
Kuopio, FI
21
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
14
Metsähallituslocation not on record
14
neflocation not on record
13
Ugentlocation not on record
13
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
12
MZLUlocation not on record
12
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
12
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
11
ZSMlocation not on record
11
Philadelphia, US
10
CBDClocation not on record
10
Copenhagen, DK
10
Nijmegen, NL
9
NCMGlocation not on record
9
ZMAAlocation not on record
8
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
8
Salzburg, AT
7
Trondheim, NO
7
IPEM TASlocation not on record
6
EGBlocation not on record
6
Tallinn, EE
6
HAFLlocation not on record
6
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
5
Vitoria, ES
4
Tromsø, NO
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
SFRAlocation not on record
4
Oulu, FI
2
ZIBElocation not on record
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
DFlocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
LSMlocation not on record
1
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Winterthur, CH
1
67 institutions · 1 866 of 3 012 vouchered records shown · 1 146 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 DNA49 detections
Where the DNA of Harpalus tardus 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 found49
Studies independent surveys3
Countries12
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 49 detections have coordinates
Open the map12 countries0
WaldrandMischwaldtall grasses and single bushesAckerChenaieMoorgebiet
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 median14.0 °C 8.00–18.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)17.2 °C 10.8–22.7
Min temp (night)9.10 °C 3.80–13.5
Precipitation61.6 mm/mo 47.4–78.5
Air humidity58.8 % 57.0–61.6
Moisture balance-42.8 mm/mo -69.4–9.30
Vapour deficit642 Pa 407–859
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.30–4.90
Cloud cover39.0 % 32.8–45.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 49 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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BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 681 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI49 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics55 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗