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 fatarum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus9 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 11 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)0.76%
Haplotypes5
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.4%
Europe
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 type562 records
Wild obs. + sensor422
Museum / vouchered140
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 536 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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 233≤1 km 131≤10 km 54>10 km 1
419 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor422
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 accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 37≤1 km 86≤10 km 6>10 km 2
131 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence140
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 institutions2 of 11 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
58
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
33
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
6
Tromsø, NO
4
Helsinki, FI
4
RMZlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
11 institutions · 113 of 140 vouchered records shown · 27 without an institution code
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