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 Mecinus pascuorum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens132
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections121
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus123 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. 91% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 62 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)2.2%
Haplotypes20
BINs2
Most divergent pair9.4%
EuropeN.AmericaOtherOceania
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 728 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 785
Museum / vouchered866
Cultivated / captive77
Origin
Introduced133
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 892 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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 366≤1 km 1 210≤10 km 886>10 km 19
4 481 georeferenced · 304 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 785
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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 314≤1 km 209≤10 km 101>10 km 10
634 georeferenced · 232 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence866
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 · 77 records without
Open the mapnot free-living77
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 institutions11 of 36 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
296
UAclocation not on record
132
MNHWlocation not on record
50
Helsinki, FI
44
Albany, US
25
MZLUlocation not on record
24
MWLRlocation not on record
24
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
20
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
19
South Kensington, GB
16
New Zealand Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
14
Auckland, NZ
13
Tartu, EE
11
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
10
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
8
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
8
LSMlocation not on record
7
Wuzhou, CN
6
CBDClocation not on record
6
NMOKlocation not on record
5
Tallinn, EE
4
Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of Zoologylocation not on record
3
neflocation not on record
3
University Park, US
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
3
NCMGlocation not on record
2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
OSUClocation not on record
2
University of Vienna, Dept of Botany and Biodiversity Researchlocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
2
Philadelphia, US
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
University of Oulu, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
1
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodeslocation not on record
1
36 institutions · 772 of 866 vouchered records shown · 94 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 DNA121 detections
Where the DNA of Mecinus pascuorum 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 found121
Studies independent surveys4
Countries14
Verifiable raw sequence linked9
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 median15.8 °C 12.6–21.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.0 °C
Max temp (day)19.6 °C 14.6–25.8
Min temp (night)11.7 °C 8.50–17.2
Precipitation66.8 mm/mo 23.9–103
Air humidity60.2 % 57.2–69.0
Moisture balance-62.4 mm/mo -108–-36.7
Vapour deficit703 Pa 451–1,028
Wind speed3.80 m/s 2.10–5.50
Cloud cover40.7 % 34.4–45.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 118 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.
