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 Macropis europaea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens40
BINs1
Marker genes3
eDNA detections37
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus36 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 1 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)0.10%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.30%
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-3P★COI-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualMacropis europaea 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≈546 788 722 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 Macropis europaea0.55 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
Completeness97.3% BUSCO
07Deep time~4.58 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin4.58 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type14 286 records
Wild obs. + sensor11 122
Museum / vouchered3 131
Other33
Origin
Native815
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO17 912 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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 599≤1 km 1 138≤10 km 6 602>10 km 40
10 379 georeferenced · 743 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 122
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 307≤1 km 393≤10 km 2 023>10 km 39
2 762 georeferenced · 369 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 131
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 institutions22 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
706
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
228
Zürich, CH
213
Philadelphia, US
121
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
120
Mons, BE
113
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
102
ULglocation not on record
80
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
69
JD MSNR&NPSlocation not on record
68
Bern, CH
63
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
60
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
52
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
46
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
45
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
40
Fribourg, CH
38
PRAZlocation not on record
30
ZMAAlocation not on record
30
Trondheim, NO
27
Paro, BT
25
neflocation not on record
22
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
19
NHMOlocation not on record
18
BioFokuslocation not on record
18
Wuzhou, CN
16
Tilburg, NL
15
KZMlocation not on record
12
Ghent, BE
12
Ugentlocation not on record
11
Gothenburg, SE
10
MZLUlocation not on record
10
Geneva, CH
9
Tartu, EE
9
Sion, CH
8
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
8
AGClocation not on record
8
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
7
LDSVlocation not on record
6
ZSMlocation not on record
6
6
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
4
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
4
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
4
Frauenfeld, CH
4
NMOKlocation not on record
4
NCMGlocation not on record
4
MNHWlocation not on record
3
Kuopio, FI
3
Bonn, DE
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Brussels, BE
3
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
2
IENElocation not on record
2
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
2
Coimbra, PT
1
ZIN RASlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Beltsville, US
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
ISEA SB RASlocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 2 558 of 3 131 vouchered records shown · 573 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA37 detections
Where the DNA of Macropis europaea 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 found37
Studies independent surveys3
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 37 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 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 median18.2 °C 16.0–20.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.8 °C
Max temp (day)22.4 °C 18.1–25.1
Min temp (night)14.7 °C 12.2–15.4
Precipitation76.9 mm/mo 48.6–137
Air humidity59.5 % 57.1–62.6
Moisture balance-58.6 mm/mo -82.4–8.90
Vapour deficit842 Pa 659–1,054
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.50–4.60
Cloud cover37.3 % 33.4–45.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 31 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 286 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗