Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Plain Dark-bee

Alkanna maleolens compared with Stelis phaeoptera

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Plain Dark-bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Plain Dark-bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Boraginaceae	Megachilidae
Genus	Alkanna	Stelis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Stelis phaeoptera

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Plain Dark-bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Plain Dark-bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Plain Dark-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.