Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

Fåhraeus, 1838 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Dryophthoridae/Sphenophorus

At a glance

Occurrence records499

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens26

eDNA detections9

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility499 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF499 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD26 specimens

01Narrative

Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, known generally as the Rocky Mountain billbug or Denver billbug, is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. Rocky Mountain billbug, Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Rocky Mountain billbug, Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding26 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 cicatristriatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens26

BINs1

Marker genes13

eDNA detections9

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-3P★COI-5P18S-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6

animal barcoderibosomalmitochondrial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type499 records

Wild obs. + sensor284

Museum / vouchered215

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 224 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 177≤1 km 14≤10 km 6>10 km 26

223 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor284

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 accuracy32% within 1 km

≤100 m 28≤1 km 33≤10 km 97>10 km 31

189 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence215

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 institutions10 of 18 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
ASUlocation not on record	89
Denver, US	61
Albuquerque, US	13
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillolocation not on record	12
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record	8
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	5
US	5
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record	4
Awka, NG	4
Juriquilla, MX	4
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	2
Ciudad de México, MX	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
Albany, US	1
California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record	1
MX	1
Lexington, US	1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record	1

18 institutions · 215 of 215 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Sphenophorus cicatristriatus 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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