Sphenophorus cariosus — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Dryophthoridae/Sphenophorus

At a glance

Occurrence records290

Data sources4

Biological traits0

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Sphenophorus cariosus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility290 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF290 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

Sphenophorus cariosus, the nutgrass billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding7 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 Sphenophorus cariosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries2

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 type290 records

Wild obs. + sensor257

Museum / vouchered33

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO960 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 accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 155≤1 km 34≤10 km 5>10 km 30

224 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor257

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 accuracy9% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 5>10 km 5

11 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence33

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 institutions4 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Mississippi State, US	20
ASUlocation not on record	7
University Park, US	3
Chicago, US	1
CUlocation not on record	1
Juriquilla, MX	1

6 institutions · 33 of 33 vouchered records shown