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 Sphaerophoria contigua has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens46
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P654 bp consensus45 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.
Diversity (π)0.33%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.92%
Where individuals differ — all 6 variable positions, in barcode order
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 type3 737 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 024
Museum / vouchered713
Origin
Native107
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 928 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 569≤1 km 586≤10 km 133>10 km 275
2 563 georeferenced · 461 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 024
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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 85≤1 km 65≤10 km 42>10 km 25
217 georeferenced · 496 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence713
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 institutions11 of 24 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Los Angeles, US
107
University of Guelphlocation not on record
96
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
91
Champaign, US
84
WIlocation not on record
77
Toronto, CA
44
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
43
Santa Cruz, US
32
University of Western Ontariolocation not on record
13
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
12
University Park, US
10
Lubbock, US
8
Edmonton, CA
7
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
7
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
7
Université de Montréallocation not on record
7
Washington, US
3
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
2
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
2
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
2
CUlocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
Cambridge, US
1
24 institutions · 660 of 713 vouchered records shown · 53 without an institution code
