LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Small Sandpit Mining Bee

Thyroptera lavali compared with Andrena argentata

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Small Sandpit Mining Bee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Small Sandpit Mining Bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Thyropteridae	Andrenidae
Genus	Thyroptera	Andrena
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Andrena argentata

Evolutionary Relationship

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat and Small Sandpit Mining Bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Small Sandpit Mining Bee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Small Sandpit Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.