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 brevis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens52
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections57
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus52 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 9 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)0.75%
Haplotypes13
BINs3
Most divergent pair7.8%
N.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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 243 records
Wild obs. + sensor40
Museum / vouchered6 100
Other103
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 092 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 accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 22≤1 km 8≤10 km 1>10 km 2
33 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor40
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 accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 241≤1 km 288≤10 km 577>10 km 206
1 312 georeferenced · 4 788 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 100
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 institutions29 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
1 658
Beltsville, US
1 095
Wuzhou, CN
761
541
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
331
Champaign, US
264
East Lansing, US
217
Cambridge, US
148
Mississippi State, US
123
Lexington, US
101
University Park, US
94
WIlocation not on record
68
OSUClocation not on record
55
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
51
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
45
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
45
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
38
University of Alabamalocation not on record
34
New Haven, US
31
FWSlocation not on record
31
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
25
UNHClocation not on record
24
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
23
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
20
Chicago, US
16
Philadelphia, US
16
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
13
Montgomery, US
13
White River Junction, US
12
Blacksburg, US
10
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
9
USDA ARSlocation not on record
9
Vancouver, CA
9
College Station, US
7
University of Guelphlocation not on record
7
LULlocation not on record
6
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
6
Ciudad de México, MX
6
Mexico City, MX
5
New Haven, US
5
US
4
University of California, Davislocation not on record
4
San Diego, US
4
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
4
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
3
Denton, US
3
Lubbock, US
2
Roberts Creek, CA
2
Santa Cruz, US
1
La Jolla, US
1
US
1
CUlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 6 002 of 6 100 vouchered records shown · 98 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA57 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile brevis 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 found57
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed 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 median18.8 °C 16.5–22.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C
Max temp (day)25.0 °C 22.2–29.2
Min temp (night)14.1 °C 10.9–15.9
Precipitation73.0 mm/mo 24.9–90.1
Air humidity57.4 % 48.2–60.1
Moisture balance-68.8 mm/mo -135–-31.2
Vapour deficit916 Pa 837–1,456
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.70–4.30
Cloud cover38.0 % 31.9–46.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 42 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 Foundation3 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 243 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI57 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics52 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗