Mecidea major — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Mecidea

At a glance

Occurrence records204

Data sources4

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Mecidea major's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility204 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF204 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Mecidea major is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Mecidea major has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type204 records

Wild obs. + sensor28

Museum / vouchered176

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO380 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 2≤10 km 2>10 km 2

24 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor28

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 19≤10 km 43>10 km 32

94 georeferenced · 82 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence176

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 institutions8 of 14 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Provo, US	121
Mexico City, MX	13
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record	10
College Station, US	8
St. Paul, US	8
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	5
Durango, MX	2
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Ricalocation not on record	2
fcnym.unlp.edu.arlocation not on record	2
Albuquerque, US	1
Lubbock, US	1
Washington, US	1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	1
University of California, Davislocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 176 of 176 vouchered records shown