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 Megachile alpicola has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens20
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections15
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P644 bp consensus6 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.
Diversity (π)0.17%
Haplotypes1
BIN1
Where individuals differ — all 2 variable positions, in barcode order
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 401 records
Wild obs. + sensor687
Museum / vouchered1 676
Cultivated / captive16
Other22
Origin
Native481
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 244 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 accuracy51% within 1 km
≤100 m 242≤1 km 102≤10 km 324
668 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor687
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 accuracy27% within 1 km
≤100 m 160≤1 km 251≤10 km 1 093>10 km 11
1 515 georeferenced · 161 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 676
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 · 16 records without
Open the mapnot free-living16
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 institutions17 of 44 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
354
Zürich, CH
220
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
148
Philadelphia, US
92
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
90
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
56
Bern, CH
55
ULglocation not on record
54
Tartu, EE
39
Dhaka, BD
32
PRAZlocation not on record
24
Paro, BT
23
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
21
NHMOlocation not on record
13
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
11
Trondheim, NO
11
Geneva, CH
10
ZSMlocation not on record
10
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
8
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
8
NMOKlocation not on record
8
PRUNlocation not on record
8
ZMAAlocation not on record
7
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
7
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
7
Brussels, BE
4
Bonn, DE
4
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
MZLUlocation not on record
2
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
ARTlocation not on record
2
Tilburg, NL
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
1
Mons, BE
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
MNHWlocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Stockholm, SE
1
neflocation not on record
1
Gothenburg, SE
1
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
44 institutions · 1 348 of 1 676 vouchered records shown · 328 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 DNA15 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile alpicola 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 found15
Studies independent surveys3
Countries5
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 15 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 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 median14.2 °C 5.20–18.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 9.70–22.5
Min temp (night)8.80 °C -0.5–14.5
Precipitation79.7 mm/mo 57.5–263
Air humidity59.4 % 57.4–65.0
Moisture balance-31.8 mm/mo -57.5–167
Vapour deficit680 Pa 315–871
Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.70–6.50
Cloud cover40.6 % 34.9–44.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 15 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 Facility2 401 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗