Leptopterna dolabrata (Miris dolabratus), commonly known as the meadow plant bug, is an insect in the Miridae family. It is commonly found in grassy areas in almost all of Europe to the northern Mediterranean and east across Asia Minor to the Caspian Sea region. It is an adventive species in North America . It feeds on developing grass seeds, causing seed heads to shrivel and prematurely whiten. It is regarded as a pest wherever grass is grown for seed.Meadow plant bug at Grass Seed Insects, Oregon State University The species has long antennae and is black coloured.Description
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Leptopterna dolabrata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens222
BINs1
Marker genes4
eDNA detections684
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P653 bp consensus167 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 5 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)1.0%
Haplotypes15
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.1%
N.AmericaEurope
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-5P18S-3P18S-5PCYTB
animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualLeptopterna dolabrata 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≈987 901 686 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
THIS GENOME Leptopterna dolabrata0.99 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 levelChromosome
Completeness96.8% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type28 015 records
Wild obs. + sensor26 079
Museum / vouchered1 771
Cultivated / captive57
Other108
Origin
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO55 376 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 11 110≤1 km 4 366≤10 km 7 149>10 km 409
23 034 georeferenced · 3 045 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor26 079
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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 517≤1 km 392≤10 km 226>10 km 5
1 140 georeferenced · 631 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 771
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 · 57 records without
Open the mapnot free-living57
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 institutions19 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Champaign, US
265
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
264
Natural History Museum, Aarhus Denmarklocation not on record
82
Tartu, EE
81
NHMOlocation not on record
71
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
51
Philadelphia, US
48
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
38
University of Guelphlocation not on record
37
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
33
Mississippi State, US
27
Jyväskylä, FI
23
neflocation not on record
17
ZMAAlocation not on record
15
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
14
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
13
Tallinn, EE
12
Rovaniemi, FI
12
Forssa, FI
11
MZLUlocation not on record
10
Bonn, DE
9
South Kensington, GB
9
UO-CeStuBiolocation not on record
9
Biodiversity Institute of Ontariolocation not on record
9
CBDClocation not on record
9
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
7
Kharazmi Universitylocation not on record
7
Ugentlocation not on record
6
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
6
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
6
Cambridge, US
6
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
5
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
4
Helsinki, FI
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
WGSlocation not on record
3
Research Collection of Martin Gossnerlocation not on record
3
Kuopio, FI
2
Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record
2
Toronto, CA
2
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
DFlocation not on record
2
College Station, US
2
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jenalocation not on record
2
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodeslocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Ghent, BE
1
CUlocation not on record
1
Budapest, HU
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
54 institutions · 1 258 of 1 771 vouchered records shown · 513 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 DNA684 detections
Where the DNA of Leptopterna dolabrata 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 found684
Studies independent surveys4
Countries12
Verifiable raw sequence linked433
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median14.5 °C 13.2–17.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.3 °C
Max temp (day)18.6 °C 15.4–22.4
Min temp (night)11.0 °C 9.20–13.8
Precipitation73.6 mm/mo 42.2–103
Air humidity60.0 % 57.8–61.1
Moisture balance-53.9 mm/mo -87.0–-20.7
Vapour deficit681 Pa 591–858
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.40–5.30
Cloud cover42.6 % 37.6–54.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 667 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility28 015 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI684 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics222 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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