Hercostomus nigripennis

(Fallén, 1823) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Dolichopodidae/Hercostomus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 551

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections29

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Hercostomus nigripennis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 551 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI29 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 551 records

Environmental DNA3 datasets · 3 countries29 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

01Narrative

Hercostomus nigripennis is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the Palearctic .Fauna EuropaeaBei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. (FdeFr35)Dipt.Dolochopodidae.pdf Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPantheon

Diet & foraging2

Feeding guild (adult)predator

Feeding guild (larval)predator

05DNA & barcoding8 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 Hercostomus nigripennis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

BINs1

Marker genes3

eDNA detections29

Countries3

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-3P★COI-5P18S-3P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 551 records

Wild obs. + sensor906

Museum / vouchered645

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 680 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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 501≤1 km 190≤10 km 209

900 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor906

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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 171≤1 km 168≤10 km 271>10 km 6

616 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence645

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 institutions4 of 18 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Copenhagen, DK	239
MZLUlocation not on record	131
Naturalis (NL)location not on record	81
South Kensington, GB	56
DFFW2016location not on record	19
DFlocation not on record	19
DFFW2018location not on record	15
Naturalis (previous Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie) (NL)location not on record	10
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	9
Stockholm, SE	5
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record	5
NCMGlocation not on record	5
RBINS (BE)location not on record	4
CBDClocation not on record	3
DFFW1981location not on record	3
Tilburg, NL	2
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (NL)location not on record	2
Natuurmuseum Nijmegen (NL)location not on record	1

18 institutions · 609 of 645 vouchered records shown · 36 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA29 detections

Where the DNA of Hercostomus nigripennis 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 found29

Studies independent surveys3

Countries3

Verifiable raw sequence linked4

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 29 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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 median14.6 °C 11.9–17.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.2 °C

Max temp (day)17.6 °C 14.2–21.1

Min temp (night)10.9 °C 8.80–13.0

Precipitation75.4 mm/mo 46.7–88.9

Air humidity61.2 % 59.8–66.1

Moisture balance-29.9 mm/mo -72.0–-8.40

Vapour deficit664 Pa 504–780

Wind speed3.90 m/s 3.60–4.80

Cloud cover49.5 % 42.2–60.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 27 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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Hercostomus nigripennis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Diet & foraging2

At a glance

Record type1 551 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 18 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 551 records