Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Small Sandpit Mining Bee

Alkanna maleolens compared with Andrena argentata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Small Sandpit Mining Bee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Sandpit Mining 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	Andrenidae
Genus	Alkanna	Andrena
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Andrena argentata

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Small Sandpit Mining Bee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Sandpit Mining 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.

Small Sandpit Mining Bee

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Ethiopia, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.