Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs coronated cone

Andrena humilis compared with Conus coronatus

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while coronated cone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	coronated cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Mollusca (mollusques)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Andrenidae	Conidae
Genus	Andrena	Conus
Species	Andrena humilis	Conus coronatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-tailed Mining Bee and coronated cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

coronated cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	coronated cone
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.

coronated cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.