Ptinomorphus imperialis is a species of beetle in family Ptinidae. It is found in the PalearcticJoy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles It is common in Europe in the north to Denmark and the south of Norway and Finland. In England and Ireland it is only to be found locally. P. imperialis is found in old deciduous forest where the larvae feed on dead wood. The larvae of the develop between the bark and the wood of molded damp wood from various deciduous woods such as hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), hazel (Corylus), elm (Ulmus) and linden (Tilia). The adult beetles feed on pollen and nectar of flowering shrubs, such as for example Prunus spinosa or Crataegus. Ptinomorphus imperialis up.jpg Ptinomorphus imperialis under.jpg Ptinomorphus imperialis side.jpg Ptinomorphus imperialis front.jpg
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 Ptinomorphus imperialis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens36
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections46
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus31 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 8 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)0.35%
Haplotypes4
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.4%
EuropeOther
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 type8 713 records
Wild obs. + sensor6 091
Museum / vouchered1 131
Cultivated / captive28
Other1 463
Origin
Native813
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO11 476 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 accuracy42% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 598≤1 km 564≤10 km 2 929>10 km 53
5 144 georeferenced · 947 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 091
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 145≤1 km 119≤10 km 717>10 km 82
1 063 georeferenced · 68 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 131
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 28 records without
Open the mapnot free-living28
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 institutions13 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
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
145
Bern, CH
120
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
117
Geneva, CH
76
Zürich, CH
47
Fribourg, CH
38
Trondheim, NO
37
Dhaka, BD
34
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
32
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
27
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
26
Paro, BT
22
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
19
NMOKlocation not on record
13
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
12
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
12
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
11
NHMOlocation not on record
9
WULS-DFPElocation not on record
9
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
8
BioFokuslocation not on record
8
NCMGlocation not on record
7
Copenhagen, DK
7
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
6
CBDClocation not on record
5
MZLUlocation not on record
5
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
4
Frauenfeld, CH
3
Stockholm, SE
3
neflocation not on record
3
Helsinki, FI
2
Musée de l'Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernardlocation not on record
2
Vitoria, ES
2
Museo civico Brancaleoni di Piobbicolocation not on record
2
Office National des Forets, Laboratoire National d'Entomologie Forestierelocation not on record
1
IRSTEAlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
Department of Molecular Biodiversity, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
1
42 institutions · 881 of 1 131 vouchered records shown · 250 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA46 detections
Where the DNA of Ptinomorphus imperialis 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 found46
Studies independent surveys4
Countries11
Verifiable raw sequence linked12
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 median13.0 °C 8.50–15.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.3 °C
Max temp (day)16.7 °C 12.2–19.2
Min temp (night)8.60 °C 4.40–12.0
Precipitation58.5 mm/mo 44.8–75.3
Air humidity60.1 % 58.2–62.8
Moisture balance-50.6 mm/mo -79.1–-1.70
Vapour deficit597 Pa 465–743
Wind speed3.80 m/s 2.70–5.20
Cloud cover39.7 % 32.6–43.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 46 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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