Sphecodes gibbus, the dark-winged blood bee, is a species of cleptoparasitic blood bee from the Palearctic. It is the type species of the genus Sphecodes and was first described by Carl Linnaeus as Sphex gibba in 1758. Sphecodes gibbus
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 gibbus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens57
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections53
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus49 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 18 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)1.7%
Haplotypes14
BINs2
Most divergent pair9.0%
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 171 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 975
Museum / vouchered6 096
Other100
Origin
Native1 778
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 468 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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 575≤1 km 273≤10 km 1 048>10 km 5
1 901 georeferenced · 74 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 975
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 accuracy21% within 1 km
≤100 m 205≤1 km 975≤10 km 4 372>10 km 79
5 631 georeferenced · 465 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 096
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 institutions25 of 65 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
695
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
638
Zürich, CH
547
Bern, CH
452
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
376
Universidad Miguel Hernándezlocation not on record
175
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
168
ULglocation not on record
149
Paro, BT
144
Brussels, BE
141
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
131
Philadelphia, US
125
Geneva, CH
94
Wuzhou, CN
76
NMOKlocation not on record
73
Paris, FR
72
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
59
Tilburg, NL
52
PRAZlocation not on record
44
Coimbra, PT
38
Fribourg, CH
32
NCMGlocation not on record
29
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
28
KZMlocation not on record
26
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
25
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
25
ZSMlocation not on record
24
21
Dhaka, BD
21
NHMOlocation not on record
21
Beltsville, US
18
IENElocation not on record
16
Frauenfeld, CH
14
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
14
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
13
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
13
PRUNlocation not on record
13
CBDClocation not on record
11
Sion, CH
11
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
10
MZLUlocation not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
7
MNHWlocation not on record
6
Ghent, BE
5
Mons, BE
5
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
4
Gothenburg, SE
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
4
Trondheim, NO
4
Tartu, EE
3
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
AGClocation not on record
2
ARTlocation not on record
2
University of Florence, Department of Biologylocation not on record
2
IMEDEAlocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
UMUlocation not on record
2
UGRlocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
1
Bonn, DE
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Roma Tre Universitylocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 4 708 of 6 096 vouchered records shown · 1 382 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA53 detections
Where the DNA of Sphecodes gibbus 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 found53
Studies independent surveys1
Countries15
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 53 detections have coordinates
Open the map15 countries0
Vineyard
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 median15.6 °C 9.80–20.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.8 °C
Max temp (day)19.8 °C 13.8–24.7
Min temp (night)10.9 °C 4.50–15.0
Precipitation71.6 mm/mo 45.0–120
Air humidity58.8 % 56.7–61.9
Moisture balance-41.1 mm/mo -73.8–-0.6
Vapour deficit737 Pa 498–1,035
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.00–5.10
Cloud cover35.2 % 28.8–43.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 49 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 171 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI53 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics57 specimens↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗