Mecinus pyraster is a species of weevil native to Europe.Fauna EuropaeaMorris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
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 Mecinus pyraster has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens26
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections25
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus11 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. 95% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 33 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)1.5%
Haplotypes9
BINs2
Most divergent pair3.3%
EuropeN.America
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 type3 813 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 919
Museum / vouchered705
Cultivated / captive5
Fossil170
Other14
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 736 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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 335≤1 km 697≤10 km 604>10 km 37
2 673 georeferenced · 246 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 919
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 accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 139≤1 km 205≤10 km 170>10 km 6
520 georeferenced · 185 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence705
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 · 5 records without
Open the mapnot free-living5
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 institutions13 of 50 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
220
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
41
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
40
NHMOlocation not on record
26
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
23
University of Guelphlocation not on record
22
Salzburg, AT
20
CBDClocation not on record
17
MNHWlocation not on record
17
Tilburg, NL
15
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
14
Trondheim, NO
11
ASUlocation not on record
11
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
9
BioFokuslocation not on record
9
ZSMlocation not on record
9
Wuzhou, CN
7
Tallinn, EE
7
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
7
South Kensington, GB
6
MZLUlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
5
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
5
University Park, US
5
Ugentlocation not on record
4
Helsinki, FI
4
Olocation not on record
4
NCMGlocation not on record
4
neflocation not on record
4
University of Alabamalocation not on record
3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
3
Cambridge, US
3
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
3
UDlocation not on record
2
Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Albany, US
2
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
2
LSMlocation not on record
2
CUlocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
NMOKlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
UO-CeStuBiolocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
50 institutions · 610 of 705 vouchered records shown · 95 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 DNA25 detections
Where the DNA of Mecinus pyraster 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 found25
Studies independent surveys3
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked5
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 25 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
Forest14. Artificial - Terrestrial | 14.2 Pasturel…Streuobstwieseauf einer Ruderalfläche gekeschert
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 median13.8 °C 11.7–18.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.9 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 15.4–23.5
Min temp (night)9.20 °C 6.90–15.6
Precipitation66.6 mm/mo 50.6–80.2
Air humidity60.1 % 56.7–62.4
Moisture balance-44.1 mm/mo -86.1–-30.8
Vapour deficit681 Pa 545–886
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.40–5.20
Cloud cover37.1 % 31.5–44.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 19 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI25 eDNA detections↗
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