Sphecodes geoffrellus is a Palearctic species of sweat bee.BWARSEdward Saunders 1896, The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Isles London. pdf us.archive Full text with illustrations]
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 Sphecodes geoffrellus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens60
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections64
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus46 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 12 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)0.78%
Haplotypes14
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.1%
EuropeAsia
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type12 819 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 652
Museum / vouchered7 162
Other5
Origin
Native1 379
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 848 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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 913≤1 km 901≤10 km 1 810>10 km 8
5 632 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 652
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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 384≤1 km 1 328≤10 km 3 795>10 km 35
6 542 georeferenced · 620 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 162
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 institutions24 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
2 065
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
1 048
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
328
Philadelphia, US
262
Bern, CH
257
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
215
Zürich, CH
201
Universidad Miguel Hernándezlocation not on record
199
NHMOlocation not on record
177
Brussels, BE
176
ULglocation not on record
150
Stockholm, SE
86
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
82
Trondheim, NO
76
Paro, BT
53
MZLUlocation not on record
45
Mons, BE
43
Dhaka, BD
40
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
40
KZMlocation not on record
39
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
35
NMOKlocation not on record
31
BioFokuslocation not on record
30
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
29
Wuzhou, CN
28
PRAZlocation not on record
24
Metsähallituslocation not on record
21
Tartu, EE
20
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
16
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
16
CBDClocation not on record
16
Tilburg, NL
14
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
14
South Kensington, GB
13
neflocation not on record
13
PRUNlocation not on record
13
ZSMlocation not on record
11
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
9
ZMAAlocation not on record
8
NCMGlocation not on record
6
Gothenburg, SE
5
Frauenfeld, CH
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
4
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
3
Kuopio, FI
2
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
2
Sion, CH
2
Geneva, CH
2
Trinity College, Dublinlocation not on record
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
1
MNHWlocation not on record
1
Glarus, CH
1
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
1
Bonn, DE
1
Beltsville, US
1
DFlocation not on record
1
Winterthur, CH
1
58 institutions · 5 985 of 7 162 vouchered records shown · 1 174 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA64 detections
Where the DNA of Sphecodes geoffrellus 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 found64
Studies independent surveys2
Countries15
Verifiable raw sequence linked3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 64 detections have coordinates
Open the map15 countries0
Bord de chemin /pelouses alpinesHay meadow
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 median16.0 °C 10.9–19.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.6 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 14.6–23.6
Min temp (night)11.7 °C 6.30–14.3
Precipitation71.6 mm/mo 48.8–108
Air humidity59.4 % 56.7–62.0
Moisture balance-42.6 mm/mo -71.2–6.30
Vapour deficit725 Pa 510–943
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.10–4.50
Cloud cover41.0 % 31.3–49.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 62 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI64 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics60 specimens↗
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