Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs hooked-pepperwort

Andrena humilis compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Hymenoptera (แตน)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Andrenidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Andrena	Marsilea
Species	Andrena humilis	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.