Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs false pepperwort

Andrena humilis compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Andrenidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Andrena	Marsilea
Species	Andrena humilis	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.