Sphecius convallis

Patton, 1879 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Sphecius

At a glance

Occurrence records231

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens20

eDNA detections8

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Sphecius convallis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility231 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF231 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD20 specimens

01Narrative

Sphecius convallis, the Pacific cicada killer, is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding20 specimens

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 Sphecius convallis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens20

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections8

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus15 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. 86% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)7.2%

Haplotypes1

BINs2

Where individuals differ — all 95 variable positions, in barcode order

23Tvariable

24Gvariable

27Cvariable

29Gvariable

30Gvariable

32Avariable

33Tvariable

35Tvariable

38Gvariable

39Gvariable

41Tvariable

42Cvariable

46Tvariable

47Cvariable

48Cmostly conserved

49Avariable

50Avariable

51Gvariable

52Amostly conserved

54Tvariable

55Avariable

58Tvariable

62Cvariable

63Gvariable

64Avariable

65Avariable

66Tvariable

68Gvariable

69Avariable

71Cvariable

72Tvariable

73Amostly conserved

74Gvariable

75Gvariable

77Avariable

78Tvariable

80Cvariable

81Cvariable

83Gvariable

84Gvariable

86Tvariable

87Cvariable

90Avariable

91Tvariable

92Avariable

95Gvariable

96Gvariable

97Avariable

98Avariable

99Avariable

100Tvariable

118Tvariable

145Avariable

148Gvariable

154Cvariable

162Cvariable

220Tvariable

235Cvariable

265Tvariable

273Tvariable

277Tvariable

282Tmostly conserved

296Gvariable

308Gvariable

314Tvariable

325Avariable

334Avariable

335Cvariable

337Tvariable

358Cvariable

391Gvariable

396Gvariable

439Cvariable

463Cvariable

475Avariable

483Gvariable

496Tvariable

505Tvariable

508Avariable

514Avariable

518Tvariable

523Cvariable

529Cvariable

530Cvariable

542Cvariable

553Tvariable

556Cvariable

604Cvariable

610Cvariable

613Cvariable

616Avariable

617Tvariable

637Tvariable

646Tmostly conserved

653Tvariable

AATATTATACTTTATCTTTGCATGATCAGGAATATTAGGATCATCTCCAAGAATAATTATTCGAATAGAACTAGGAATACCAGGATCATA …

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.

Sphecius grandissame genus9.4%Psammaletes mexicanussame family17.7%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type231 records

Wild obs. + sensor115

Museum / vouchered116

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO552 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 66≤1 km 19≤10 km 12>10 km 9

106 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor115

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 accuracy7% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 5≤10 km 75>10 km 7

88 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence116

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 institutions7 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
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record	43
ASUlocation not on record	31
San Diego, US	10
College Station, US	7
OSUClocation not on record	6
Chicago, US	2
Albuquerque, US	1
EL PASO, US	1
New Haven, US	1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	1
US	1

11 institutions · 104 of 116 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Sphecius convallis 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median26.0 °C 25.8–28.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.8 °C

Max temp (day)32.4 °C 30.7–33.8

Min temp (night)22.4 °C 20.8–23.4

Precipitation77.6 mm/mo 63.1–90.6

Air humidity54.9 % 51.1–59.3

Moisture balance-125 mm/mo -147–-85.9

Vapour deficit1,648 Pa 1,410–1,745

Wind speed4.10 m/s 2.40–4.50

Cloud cover27.8 % 23.7–29.0

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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