Nomada sheppardana is a Palearctic species of nomad bee.BWARSEdward Saunders 1896, The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Isles London. pdf us.archive Full text with illustrations]
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 Nomada sheppardana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens21
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections5
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P655 bp consensus17 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. 90% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 67 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)4.2%
Haplotypes4
BINs3
Most divergent pair8.5%
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 215 records
Wild obs. + sensor967
Museum / vouchered1 219
Other29
Origin
Native228
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 992 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 accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 103≤1 km 75≤10 km 770>10 km 1
949 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor967
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 accuracy10% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 97≤10 km 1 031>10 km 2
1 142 georeferenced · 77 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 219
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 institutions16 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
Mons, BE
213
ULglocation not on record
176
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
160
NMOKlocation not on record
75
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
54
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
53
Bern, CH
35
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
34
Zürich, CH
25
Bonn, DE
22
Geneva, CH
17
Tilburg, NL
15
PRAZlocation not on record
15
PRUNlocation not on record
12
ZSMlocation not on record
9
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
9
Toyama, JP
6
Wuzhou, CN
6
Philadelphia, US
6
NCMGlocation not on record
5
CBDClocation not on record
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
4
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
UMONSlocation not on record
3
Coimbra, PT
3
IMEDEAlocation not on record
3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
3
Paro, BT
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
2
Ghent, BE
2
KZMlocation not on record
1
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
1
US
1
UGRlocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
1
MNHWlocation not on record
1
NAlocation not on record
1
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
1
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1
42 institutions · 994 of 1 219 vouchered records shown · 225 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Nomada sheppardana 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
3. Shrubland|3.8. Shrubland - Mediterranean-…
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 median13.1 °C 12.7–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.7 °C
Max temp (day)16.9 °C 16.9–19.4
Min temp (night)8.10 °C 7.90–10.8
Precipitation69.0 mm/mo 66.1–72.1
Air humidity58.9 % 55.8–59.4
Moisture balance-38.9 mm/mo -45.6–-38.3
Vapour deficit698 Pa 604–709
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.60–2.70
Cloud cover32.7 % 32.4–33.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.
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