Box-heades Furrow Bee vs Vierbindige Furchenbiene

Halictus maculatus compared with Halictus quadricinctus

Key Differences

• Box-heades Furrow Bee is Not Evaluated while Vierbindige Furchenbiene is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box-heades Furrow Bee	Vierbindige Furchenbiene
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order same	Hymenoptera (Hautflügler)	Hymenoptera (Hautflügler)
Family same	Halictidae	Halictidae
Genus same	Halictus	Halictus
Species	Halictus maculatus	Halictus quadricinctus

Evolutionary Relationship

Box-heades Furrow Bee and Vierbindige Furchenbiene share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Halictus.

Conservation Status

Box-heades Furrow Bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Vierbindige Furchenbiene

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box-heades Furrow Bee	Vierbindige Furchenbiene
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box-heades Furrow Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden.

Vierbindige Furchenbiene

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. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Box-heades Furrow Bee

The Box-heades furrow bee (Halictus maculatus) is a species in the genus Halictus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. It is found in Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden