Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Schillerndes Meerohr

Andrena humilis compared with Haliotis varia

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Schillerndes Meerohr is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Schillerndes Meerohr
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Mollusca (Weichtiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Gastropoda (Schnecken)
Order	Hymenoptera (Hautflügler)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Andrenidae	Haliotidae
Genus	Andrena	Haliotis
Species	Andrena humilis	Haliotis varia

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-tailed Mining Bee and Schillerndes Meerohr share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Schillerndes Meerohr

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Schillerndes Meerohr
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.

Schillerndes Meerohr

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

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.