Scarites subterraneus
Fabricius, 1775 · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Scarites subterraneus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 398 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI101 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics177 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Scarites subterraneus, known generally as the big-headed ground beetle or pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Scarites subterraneus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Documented compounds10 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-2-Epi-Botryodiplodinenone | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Botryodiplodin Dimer | present | NPASS | |
| 2-Methylpropanoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| GHCKVZSVLOKTII-OIUVXRBSSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| GJCDQNNXVUUIJB-GVRNOBGBSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| GJCDQNNXVUUIJB-MACDPZHXSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| Methacrylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| MLZLTBQEUUTTTP-DFBGVHRSSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| PLPGQAFQQAEWCA-UCVINUNTSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| SRGOTLJVNAXXBC-LGXKAWBMSA-N | present | NPASS |
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 Scarites subterraneus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Scarites subterraneus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 373×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
2n 383×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · TreeOfSex · invert
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Record type4 398 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions23 of 49 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Tempe, US | 677 |
| Lexington, US | 245 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 122 |
| University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record | 101 |
| University Park, US | 96 |
| San Diego, US | 81 |
| University of Alabamalocation not on record | 76 |
| Provo, US | 41 |
| US | 26 |
| Cambridge, US | 25 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 21 |
| San Francisco, US | 17 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 16 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 15 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 14 |
| WIlocation not on record | 13 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 12 |
| College Station, US | 10 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 9 |
| University of Guelphlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 8 |
| UDlocation not on record | 8 |
| CASlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record | 6 |
| Decorah, US | 5 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 5 |
| CUlocation not on record | 4 |
| North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| NEON Biorepository at Arizona State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Mississippi State, US | 3 |
| AHABlocation not on record | 3 |
| EWIClocation not on record | 3 |
| Champaign, US | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 3 |
| ERWClocation not on record | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Centre for DNA Barcodinglocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| University of Delawarelocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Scarites subterraneus 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.