Blue marble tree vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Elaeocarpus angustifolius compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

  • Blue marble tree is Least Concern while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blue marble tree Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family Elaeocarpaceae Andrenidae
Genus Elaeocarpus Andrena
Species Elaeocarpus angustifolius Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Blue marble tree

LC — Least Concern

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blue marble tree Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue marble tree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Malaysia), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Palau, Samoa), and South America (Brazil).

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Blue marble tree

The Blue Marble Tree (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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