Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (the 24-spot ladybird) is a beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the only member of the genus Subcoccinella (though this is disputed; see below). It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats fungal moulds on plants.
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 Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens43
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections9
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus31 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 9 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)0.68%
Haplotypes14
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.6%
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualSubcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata 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≈532 027 781 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 Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata0.53 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
Completeness98.7% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type26 160 records
Wild obs. + sensor22 821
Museum / vouchered3 244
Fossil10
Other85
Origin
Native614
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO37 420 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 11 097≤1 km 2 987≤10 km 6 820>10 km 153
21 057 georeferenced · 1 764 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor22 821
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 accuracy21% within 1 km
≤100 m 149≤1 km 465≤10 km 2 146>10 km 139
2 899 georeferenced · 345 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 244
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 institutions24 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Brussel, BE
557
Zürich, CH
283
Geneva, CH
269
Bern, CH
266
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
146
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
146
Dhaka, BD
114
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
82
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
81
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
78
Fribourg, CH
63
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
54
CBDClocation not on record
53
Salzburg, AT
38
Tartu, EE
35
Olocation not on record
35
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
30
NHMOlocation not on record
26
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
25
Helsinki, FI
22
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
21
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
21
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
17
Philadelphia, US
16
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
16
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
16
Nijmegen, NL
15
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
15
South Kensington, GB
14
Trondheim, NO
14
Tilburg, NL
13
Kuopio, FI
13
Fairbanks Museum and Planetariumlocation not on record
10
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
10
Frauenfeld, CH
10
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
9
ZSMlocation not on record
9
neflocation not on record
9
BioFokuslocation not on record
9
MZLUlocation not on record
8
Tromsø, NO
7
Paro, BT
6
Tallinn, EE
6
Metsähallituslocation not on record
5
Sion, CH
4
Chicago, US
4
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
LSMlocation not on record
3
DFlocation not on record
2
University of Oulu, Zoological Museumlocation not on record
2
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
ZMAAlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
1
NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
NMOKlocation not on record
1
NCMGlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
Radicondoli, IT
1
Paris, FR
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 2 725 of 3 244 vouchered records shown · 518 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata 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 surveys2
Countries4
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.9 °C 13.5–17.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.2 °C
Max temp (day)17.6 °C 17.4–20.1
Min temp (night)9.60 °C 8.70–14.6
Precipitation71.0 mm/mo 59.3–75.6
Air humidity61.7 % 59.0–62.5
Moisture balance-49.0 mm/mo -52.4–-43.3
Vapour deficit630 Pa 603–809
Wind speed3.50 m/s 3.00–4.10
Cloud cover45.3 % 35.5–52.8
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 160 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics43 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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