Agarwood vs Broad-faced Mining Bee

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Andrena proxima

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Broad-faced Mining Bee is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Broad-faced Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Andrena
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Andrena proxima

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Broad-faced Mining Bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Broad-faced Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Broad-faced Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Norway.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Broad-faced Mining Bee

The Broad-faced Mining Bee (Andrena proxima) is a species in the genus Andrena. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.