Lethocerus uhleri

(Montandon, 1896) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Belostomatidae/Lethocerus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 602

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Lethocerus uhleri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 602 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 & distributionGBIF1 602 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 30

01Narrative

Lethocerus uhleri, or Uhler's water bug, is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in eastern North America from New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin south to Florida and northern Tamaulipas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Lethocerus uhleri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries2

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

The complete instruction manual Lethocerus uhleri 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.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 30 n = 15

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 301×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 602 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 503

Museum / vouchered99

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 740 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 934≤1 km 153≤10 km 64>10 km 108

1 259 georeferenced · 244 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 503

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 accuracy18% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 4≤10 km 13>10 km 15

34 georeferenced · 65 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence99

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 institutions9 of 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Wuzhou, CN	46
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	15
Champaign, US	11
College Station, US	7
Montgomery, US	6
US	4
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record	3
CUlocation not on record	1
Denton, US	1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
Denver, US	1
New Haven, US	1

13 institutions · 98 of 99 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Lethocerus uhleri 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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Lethocerus uhleri

At a glance

Sources8 archives

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 602 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 13 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 602 records