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 lapponica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections47
Countries7
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus39 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. 88% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 80 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)4.0%
Haplotypes3
BINs3
Most divergent pair12.2%
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 type2 398 records
Wild obs. + sensor627
Museum / vouchered1 769
Other2
Origin
Native72
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 008 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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 257≤1 km 106≤10 km 227
590 georeferenced · 37 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor627
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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 765≤1 km 162≤10 km 423>10 km 1
1 351 georeferenced · 418 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 769
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 institutions19 of 47 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
617
Edmonton, CA
465
Philadelphia, US
99
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
97
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
40
KZMlocation not on record
40
WIlocation not on record
37
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
35
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
20
ULglocation not on record
15
Anchorage, US
13
ZMAAlocation not on record
11
NMOKlocation not on record
10
Vancouver, CA
10
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
8
Toronto, CA
7
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
6
Tilburg, NL
6
MZLUlocation not on record
6
UTSClocation not on record
5
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
5
NHMOlocation not on record
5
Beltsville, US
5
Roberts Creek, CA
5
Paro, BT
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Zürich, CH
3
Weber State University, Bird and Mammal Collectionlocation not on record
3
PRAZlocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
Alberta Environment and Parkslocation not on record
2
Brussels, BE
2
2
Trondheim, NO
2
Patuxent Wildlife Research Centerlocation not on record
1
WSUClocation not on record
1
Champaign, US
1
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1
Lexington, US
1
neflocation not on record
1
Sherwood Park, CA
1
US
1
MNHWlocation not on record
1
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 1 615 of 1 769 vouchered records shown · 154 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA47 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile lapponica 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 found47
Studies independent surveys3
Countries7
Verifiable raw sequence linked6
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 median16.2 °C 11.4–18.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.4 °C
Max temp (day)20.8 °C 16.3–22.7
Min temp (night)11.4 °C 6.50–14.1
Precipitation69.5 mm/mo 44.6–100
Air humidity57.5 % 51.2–60.6
Moisture balance-51.7 mm/mo -74.2–-5.20
Vapour deficit778 Pa 547–1,007
Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.80–3.70
Cloud cover44.6 % 34.6–68.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 38 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 Facility2 398 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI47 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics50 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗