Megachile comata — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile

At a glance

Occurrence records214

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Megachile comata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility214 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF214 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Megachile comata is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Cresson in 1872.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

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 comata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type214 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered212

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO376 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 6>10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 202 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence212

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 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
	69
Beltsville, US	60
Wuzhou, CN	37
Awka, NG	22
Cambridge, US	6
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX	5
Mississippi State, US	5
Denton, US	2
Ciudad de México, MX	1
Albuquerque, US	1
College Station, US	1
Lubbock, US	1
OSUClocation not on record	1
Mexico City, MX	1

14 institutions · 212 of 212 vouchered records shown