Cliff Mining Bee vs Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces

Andrena thoracica compared with Elaphomyces citrinus

Key Differences

• Cliff Mining Bee is Extinct while Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cliff Mining Bee	Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Fungi (균계)
Phylum	Arthropoda (절지동물)	Ascomycota (자낭균류)
Class	Insecta (곤충)	Eurotiomycetes (흰가시동충하초강)
Order	Hymenoptera (벌목)	Eurotiales (진정둥근버섯목)
Family	Andrenidae	Elaphomycetaceae
Genus	Andrena	Elaphomyces
Species	Andrena thoracica	Elaphomyces citrinus

Conservation Status

Cliff Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cliff Mining Bee	Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cliff Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Lemon-Yellow Elaphomyces

Cliff Mining Bee

The Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena species in the family Andrenidae, is a solitary ground-nesting bee that excavates tunnels in cliff faces, earthen banks, and compacted sandy or loamy soils, where the loose or friable substrates exposed in cliff profiles provide ideal nesting conditions. Mining bees in the genus Andrena are among the most species-rich solitary bee genera in the world, with hundreds of species across the Holarctic region, many narrowly specialized in their choice of pollen host plants. Female cliff mining bees construct vertical or angled burrows in cliff faces, with lateral cells off the main shaft, each containing a pollen ball and a single egg. Males are typically smaller and emerge before females to establish territories near nesting sites. Many Andrena species are oligolectic, collecting pollen from only a small number of plant species, making their populations sensitive to the availability of specific flowering plants in the landscape surrounding nesting areas. Cliff and bank nesting habitats provide well-drained, sun-warmed substrates essential for brood development. The loss of natural cliff faces and earthen banks to development, vegetation succession, and quarrying reduces available nesting habitat for cliff mining bees.