Tribolium destructor
Uyttenboogaart, 1934 · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Tribolium destructor's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility804 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The destructive or dark flour beetle (Tribolium destructor), one of the species of darkling beetle known generally as flour beetles, is a common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. It is a very dark brown beetle (darker than other Tribolium species) 5–6 mm long. T. destructor is found in North America, Europe and Africa. In addition to damaging flour and grain, it attacks animal food pellets, rolled oats, and poultry feed.Granousky TA. 1997. Stored Product Pests. In Handbook of Pest Control, 8th Ed. Hedges SA, Moreland D (editors). Mallis Handbook and Technical Training Company.
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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 Tribolium destructor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Tribolium destructor 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
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).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 186×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database +2
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Record type804 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions18 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bern, CH | 149 |
| Helsinki, FI | 57 |
| Geneva, CH | 56 |
| Paro, BT | 48 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 43 |
| Zürich, CH | 36 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 31 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 30 |
| Olocation not on record | 29 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 28 |
| Tartu, EE | 27 |
| Philadelphia, US | 23 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 23 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 14 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 14 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Bonn, DE | 11 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 7 |
| Winterthur, CH | 6 |
| Trondheim, NO | 5 |
| FOWGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tromsø, NO | 4 |
| LSMlocation not on record | 4 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Provo, US | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Alabamalocation not on record | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| Tallinn, EE | 2 |
| University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| COMClocation not on record | 1 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koeniglocation not on record | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| MAJClocation not on record | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
Where the DNA of Tribolium destructor 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.