Sphecodes monilicornis 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 monilicornis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens76
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections65
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus52 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 10 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)0.82%
Haplotypes11
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualSphecodes monilicornis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈496 571 470 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Sphecodes monilicornis0.50 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness96.1% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type10 094 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 811
Museum / vouchered6 159
Cultivated / captive1
Other123
Origin
Native1 544
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO14 776 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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 182≤1 km 467≤10 km 1 907>10 km 3
3 559 georeferenced · 252 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 811
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 accuracy29% within 1 km
≤100 m 284≤1 km 1 391≤10 km 4 008>10 km 56
5 739 georeferenced · 420 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 159
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions28 of 71 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
965
Helsinki, FI
445
Zürich, CH
357
Bern, CH
343
Universidad Miguel Hernándezlocation not on record
283
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
234
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
228
ULglocation not on record
224
Brussels, BE
175
Philadelphia, US
168
Paro, BT
154
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
138
NMOKlocation not on record
130
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
111
Natuurpuntlocation not on record
80
Coimbra, PT
76
Geneva, CH
70
PRAZlocation not on record
59
Tilburg, NL
58
KZMlocation not on record
41
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
37
Trondheim, NO
36
Mons, BE
30
NCMGlocation not on record
29
Wuzhou, CN
28
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
27
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
25
Frauenfeld, CH
21
ZSMlocation not on record
21
CBDClocation not on record
21
Beltsville, US
20
Dhaka, BD
20
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau Frick | Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Fricklocation not on record
20
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
20
Stockholm, SE
19
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
15
Tartu, EE
14
14
NHMOlocation not on record
14
MZLUlocation not on record
13
PRUNlocation not on record
12
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
10
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
9
MNHWlocation not on record
8
Bonn, DE
7
neflocation not on record
7
South Kensington, GB
6
Ghent, BE
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
UMUlocation not on record
5
Fribourg, CH
4
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
4
Gothenburg, SE
4
IENElocation not on record
4
Sion, CH
4
Ugentlocation not on record
3
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
3
Naturhistorisches Museum Wienlocation not on record
2
AGClocation not on record
2
IMEDEAlocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
University of Florence, Department of Biologylocation not on record
2
UMONSlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Tromsø, NO
1
Kuopio, FI
1
UGRlocation not on record
1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
Tallinn, EE
1
US
1
71 institutions · 4 912 of 6 159 vouchered records shown · 1 243 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA65 detections
Where the DNA of Sphecodes monilicornis 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 found65
Studies independent surveys3
Countries15
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 65 detections have coordinates
Open the map15 countries0
kiwifruit orchard
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 9.60–20.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.0 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 14.3–25.0
Min temp (night)11.9 °C 4.60–14.6
Precipitation64.8 mm/mo 40.9–98.9
Air humidity58.8 % 54.1–63.1
Moisture balance-40.4 mm/mo -107–1.20
Vapour deficit695 Pa 527–1,037
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.40–4.80
Cloud cover38.2 % 33.4–48.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 53 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 Foundation3 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 094 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI65 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics76 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗