Megachile mystaceana — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile

At a glance

Occurrence records278

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility278 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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 & distributionGBIF278 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Megachile mystaceana, the fire-tailed resin bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Charles Duncan Michener in 1962.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding6 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 mystaceana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

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 type278 records

Wild obs. + sensor189

Museum / vouchered83

Other6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO732 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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 88≤1 km 20≤10 km 9>10 km 21

138 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor189

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 accuracy17% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 2>10 km 3

6 georeferenced · 77 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence83

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 institutions3 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	40
Beltsville, US	25
Sydney, AU	6
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	4
Natick, US	2
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record	2
MZLUlocation not on record	1
Research Collection of Graeme V. Cockslocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 83 of 83 vouchered records shown