Megachile centuncularis, commonly known as the patchwork leafcutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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 Megachile centuncularis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens107
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections119
Countries18
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus96 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.
Where individuals differ — all 2 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)0.27%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.30%
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type11 359 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 185
Museum / vouchered3 979
Cultivated / captive39
Other156
Origin
Native707
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO18 068 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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 684≤1 km 700≤10 km 3 322>10 km 44
6 750 georeferenced · 435 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 185
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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 241≤1 km 445≤10 km 2 311>10 km 62
3 059 georeferenced · 920 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 979
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 · 39 records without
Open the mapnot free-living39
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 institutions39 of 100 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ULglocation not on record
423
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
259
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
180
179
Zürich, CH
143
Philadelphia, US
130
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
121
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
118
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
110
Wuzhou, CN
98
Bern, CH
88
WIlocation not on record
83
NMOKlocation not on record
81
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
81
Champaign, US
78
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
60
Beltsville, US
60
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
57
Paro, BT
55
Fribourg, CH
51
Geneva, CH
49
Bonn, DE
43
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
41
Brussels, BE
41
Coimbra, PT
40
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
39
Cambridge, US
38
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
33
PRAZlocation not on record
30
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
29
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
28
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
22
NHMOlocation not on record
22
KZMlocation not on record
22
CBDClocation not on record
21
US
21
East Lansing, US
19
NCMGlocation not on record
19
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
19
Trondheim, NO
17
Vancouver, CA
14
Helsinki, FI
14
neflocation not on record
14
Mons, BE
14
BioFokuslocation not on record
14
Tilburg, NL
13
South Kensington, GB
12
ZSMlocation not on record
12
IENElocation not on record
12
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
10
PRUNlocation not on record
10
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
ZMAAlocation not on record
9
UNHClocation not on record
9
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
8
Lexington, US
8
Philadelphia, US
8
MZLUlocation not on record
8
AGClocation not on record
8
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
7
ASUlocation not on record
7
IMEDEAlocation not on record
6
Ghent, BE
6
White River Junction, US
6
Dhaka, BD
6
University Park, US
6
Gothenburg, SE
5
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
5
LULlocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
UAclocation not on record
4
Sion, CH
4
ARTlocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
3
Toronto, CA
3
Santa Cruz, US
3
University of Guelphlocation not on record
3
FWSlocation not on record
3
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
3
University of Alabamalocation not on record
3
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
2
UMUlocation not on record
2
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
OSUClocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Vermont Center for Ecostudieslocation not on record
2
Chicago, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Paris, FR
1
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
Museum national d'Histoire naturellelocation not on record
1
USALlocation not on record
1
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
1
Universita di Firenze, Department of Biologylocation not on record
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
WSUClocation not on record
1
100 institutions · 3 378 of 3 979 vouchered records shown · 601 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 DNA119 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile centuncularis 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 found119
Studies independent surveys4
Countries18
Verifiable raw sequence linked14
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 median17.2 °C 13.2–20.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.4 °C
Max temp (day)21.4 °C 16.3–25.6
Min temp (night)13.1 °C 10.0–16.0
Precipitation76.0 mm/mo 42.2–110
Air humidity59.2 % 56.8–62.1
Moisture balance-53.9 mm/mo -87.0–16.9
Vapour deficit804 Pa 598–1,036
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.20–5.20
Cloud cover38.6 % 34.7–44.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 103 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 Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 359 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI119 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics107 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗