Megachile latimanus, or the broad-handed leafcutter, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Thomas Say in 1823. Megachile latimanus face
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 latimanus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens52
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections61
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus50 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 3 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)0.19%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
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 type5 267 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 876
Museum / vouchered3 391
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 736 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 097≤1 km 291≤10 km 81>10 km 175
1 644 georeferenced · 232 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 876
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 accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 25≤1 km 521≤10 km 704>10 km 99
1 349 georeferenced · 2 042 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 391
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 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
WIlocation not on record
729
East Lansing, US
387
356
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
248
Champaign, US
221
US
157
Cambridge, US
115
Lexington, US
106
FWSlocation not on record
73
White River Junction, US
73
Wuzhou, CN
70
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
67
Toronto, CA
62
Beltsville, US
53
Chicago, US
45
UNHClocation not on record
41
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
39
Decorah, US
37
University of Guelphlocation not on record
32
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
24
University Park, US
23
New Haven, US
20
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
19
New Haven, US
13
Philadelphia, US
9
Saint John, CA
8
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
7
Philadelphia, US
5
University of Alabamalocation not on record
5
LULlocation not on record
4
Vancouver, CA
4
Blacksburg, US
3
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
3
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
3
Middlebury Collegelocation not on record
3
Awka, NG
2
OSUClocation not on record
2
WSUClocation not on record
2
Toronto, CA
1
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
42 institutions · 3 074 of 3 391 vouchered records shown · 317 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA61 detections
Where the DNA of Megachile latimanus 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 found61
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 61 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Temperate mixed forestGrass edgeGrassland
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 median19.4 °C 15.7–20.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.4 °C
Max temp (day)24.6 °C 21.4–25.7
Min temp (night)15.5 °C 12.1–16.1
Precipitation92.0 mm/mo 79.6–108
Air humidity59.1 % 57.0–59.9
Moisture balance-54.3 mm/mo -67.9–-23.6
Vapour deficit914 Pa 766–1,015
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.60–3.70
Cloud cover39.7 % 38.8–47.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 43 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 Facility5 267 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI61 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics52 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗