Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Chilipuca Colorada

Andrena humilis compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Chilipuca Colorada is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Chilipuca Colorada
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (himenópteros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Andrenidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Andrena	Phaseolus
Species	Andrena humilis	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Chilipuca Colorada

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Chilipuca Colorada
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.

Chilipuca Colorada

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).

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.