Microvelia americana

(Uhler, 1884) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Veliidae/Microvelia

At a glance

Occurrence records924

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens9

eDNA detections3

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Microvelia americana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility924 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF924 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD9 specimens

01Narrative

Microvelia americana is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding9 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 Microvelia americana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens9

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

Countries2

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type924 records

Wild obs. + sensor618

Museum / vouchered306

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 900 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 486≤1 km 45≤10 km 12>10 km 32

575 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor618

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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 104≤10 km 149

263 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence306

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 institutions4 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Champaign, US	273
College Station, US	9
OSUClocation not on record	8
Albuquerque, US	5
Vancouver, CA	4
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record	3
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record	3
CUlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 306 of 306 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Microvelia americana 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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 median-4.40 °C -4.40–-4.40

Seasonal swing summer↔winter41.0 °C

Max temp (day)-1.10 °C

Min temp (night)-6.50 °C

Precipitation54.0 mm/mo

Air humidity65.1 %

Moisture balance-1.80 mm/mo

Vapour deficit269 Pa

Wind speed5.60 m/s

Cloud cover57.6 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.

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