Alfken's Mini-miner vs Limabohne

Andrena alfkenella compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Alfken's Mini-miner is Near Threatened while Limabohne is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alfken's Mini-miner	Limabohne
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Hautflügler)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Andrenidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Andrena	Phaseolus
Species	Andrena alfkenella	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Alfken's Mini-miner

NT — Near Threatened

Limabohne

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alfken's Mini-miner	Limabohne
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alfken's Mini-miner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Limabohne

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded 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

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Alfken's Mini-miner

The Alfken's Mini-miner (Andrena alfkenella) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.