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 frugalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections9
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus9 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 32 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)1.9%
Haplotypes5
BINs3
Most divergent pair3.5%
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 type669 records
Wild obs. + sensor72
Museum / vouchered571
Other26
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 036 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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 49≤1 km 10≤10 km 1>10 km 4
64 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor72
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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 59≤1 km 3≤10 km 30>10 km 1
93 georeferenced · 478 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence571
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 institutions22 of 36 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Beltsville, US
327
US
47
Mexico City, MX
30
Wuzhou, CN
28
La Jolla, US
15
ASUlocation not on record
13
Champaign, US
12
San Diego, US
11
WIlocation not on record
9
Chicago, US
7
Cambridge, US
7
Tapachula, MX
6
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
5
University of California, Davis, Bohart Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
5
LULlocation not on record
5
University of Alabamalocation not on record
5
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
4
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
4
ECOSUR-SClocation not on record
3
East Lansing, US
3
University Park, US
3
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
Mérida, MX
2
Lake Placid, US
2
Universidad de las Américas, Pueblalocation not on record
2
Montgomery, US
1
New Haven, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
College Station, US
1
OSUClocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
1
36 institutions · 571 of 571 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile frugalis 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 found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median23.1 °C 19.7–24.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.8 °C
Max temp (day)28.2 °C 23.9–33.1
Min temp (night)17.2 °C 15.3–18.9
Precipitation10.3 mm/mo 1.40–68.5
Air humidity55.4 % 42.1–63.7
Moisture balance-180 mm/mo -210–-109
Vapour deficit1,305 Pa 838–1,761
Wind speed3.80 m/s 1.90–5.20
Cloud cover17.9 % 14.4–34.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility669 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗