Sphyrocoris obliquus

(Germar, 1839) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Sphyrocoris

At a glance

Occurrence records370

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections10

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Sphyrocoris obliquus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility370 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF370 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries10 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Sphyrocoris obliquus is a species of shield-backed bug in the family Scutelleridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Sphyrocoris obliquus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections10

Countries3

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-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type370 records

Wild obs. + sensor200

Museum / vouchered170

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO896 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 106≤1 km 26≤10 km 9>10 km 20

161 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor200

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 accuracy14% within 1 km

≤100 m 11≤1 km 5≤10 km 80>10 km 21

117 georeferenced · 53 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence170

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 institutions5 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Provo, US	103
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	22
College Station, US	9
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record	8
Champaign, US	6
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1
Mississippi State, US	1
Awka, NG	1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	1
University of Alabamalocation not on record	1
Australian National Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 159 of 170 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA10 detections

Where the DNA of Sphyrocoris obliquus 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 found10

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 10 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

1. Forest & Woodland|1.6. Subtropical/Tropic…1. Forest & Woodland|1.5. Subtropical/Tropic…

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 median24.4 °C 18.9–24.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.40 °C

Max temp (day)29.6 °C 22.9–30.2

Min temp (night)20.1 °C 15.5–20.5

Precipitation28.9 mm/mo 25.8–44.0

Air humidity61.0 % 60.1–62.4

Moisture balance-133 mm/mo -158–-62.4

Vapour deficit1,182 Pa 858–1,229

Wind speed6.90 m/s 3.20–7.40

Cloud cover15.2 % 13.6–24.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.

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