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 Laphria posticata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens22
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus19 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 7 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)0.37%
Haplotypes9
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
N.America
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 type437 records
Wild obs. + sensor326
Museum / vouchered111
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 264 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 162≤1 km 78≤10 km 12>10 km 14
266 georeferenced · 60 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor326
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 3≤10 km 12
24 georeferenced · 87 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence111
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 8 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
38
Toronto, CA
23
University Park, US
11
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
10
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
8
Saint John, CA
5
Washington, US
4
US
2
8 institutions · 101 of 111 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code
