Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Tall Tutsan

Andrena humilis compared with Hypericum inodorum

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Tall Tutsan is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Tall Tutsan
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Andrenidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Andrena	Hypericum
Species	Andrena humilis	Hypericum inodorum

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Tall Tutsan

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Tall Tutsan
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.

Tall Tutsan

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden