Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Crowned Tooth

Andrena humilis compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Fungi (nấm)
Phylum	Arthropoda (động vật Chân khớp)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (côn trùng)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Hymenoptera (Bộ Cánh màng)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Andrenidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Andrena	Hydnellum
Species	Andrena humilis	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Crowned Tooth
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.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden