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 lagopoda has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens49
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections43
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P657 bp consensus45 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 19 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)1.0%
Haplotypes9
BINs3
Most divergent pair3.5%
EuropeAsia
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualMegachile lagopoda carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈256 824 940 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Megachile lagopoda0.26 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 827 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 961
Museum / vouchered1 776
Other90
Origin
Native135
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 312 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 2 020≤1 km 528≤10 km 242>10 km 13
2 803 georeferenced · 158 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 961
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 117≤1 km 447≤10 km 1 074>10 km 5
1 643 georeferenced · 133 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 776
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 institutions21 of 46 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
564
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
528
MZLUlocation not on record
161
Philadelphia, US
58
Zürich, CH
50
Coimbra, PT
38
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
37
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
27
Wuzhou, CN
22
ULglocation not on record
18
Bonn, DE
14
Bern, CH
8
ZMAAlocation not on record
8
MNHWlocation not on record
8
Beltsville, US
8
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
8
Trondheim, NO
7
PRAZlocation not on record
7
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
6
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
5
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
5
NHMOlocation not on record
4
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
4
PRUNlocation not on record
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
Tartu, EE
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
NMOKlocation not on record
3
3
UMUlocation not on record
2
Gothenburg, SE
2
Naturhistorisches Museum Wienlocation not on record
2
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
IENElocation not on record
2
Paro, BT
2
Geneva, CH
2
Ghent, BE
1
Tallinn, EE
1
KZMlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Sion, CH
1
Ugentlocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
Cambridge, US
1
Stockholm, SE
1
46 institutions · 1 642 of 1 776 vouchered records shown · 134 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA43 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile lagopoda 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 found43
Studies independent surveys2
Countries8
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 43 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
Juniperaiemeadow
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 median14.9 °C 14.0–19.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.3 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 15.9–22.6
Min temp (night)11.0 °C 9.20–14.9
Precipitation75.9 mm/mo 52.7–85.0
Air humidity60.3 % 57.3–60.9
Moisture balance-38.6 mm/mo -84.7–-14.0
Vapour deficit688 Pa 635–923
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.40–4.10
Cloud cover35.3 % 34.0–42.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 40 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 Facility4 827 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI43 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics49 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗