Sphex ashmeadi

(Fernald, 1906) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Sphecidae/Sphex

At a glance

Occurrence records172

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Sphex ashmeadi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility172 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 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 & distributionGBIF172 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Sphex ashmeadi is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Sphex ashmeadi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

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 type172 records

Wild obs. + sensor119

Museum / vouchered53

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO532 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 65≤1 km 27≤10 km 5>10 km 10

107 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor119

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 accuracy4% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 17>10 km 5

23 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence53

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 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	17
California State Collection of Arthropodslocation not on record	10
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	7
San Diego, US	6
ASUlocation not on record	6
OSUClocation not on record	3
Ciudad de México, MX	1
Chicago, US	1
California Department for Food and Agriculturelocation not on record	1
University of Alabamalocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 53 of 53 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Sphex ashmeadi 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median24.6 °C 24.6–24.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.6 °C

Max temp (day)32.1 °C

Min temp (night)16.2 °C

Precipitation0.7 mm/mo

Air humidity34.9 %

Moisture balance-205 mm/mo

Vapour deficit2,014 Pa

Wind speed3.90 m/s

Cloud cover20.3 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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