Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Punktree

Andrena humilis compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Punktree
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Hymenoptera (膜翅目)	Myrtales (桃金娘目)
Family	Andrenidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Andrena	Melaleuca
Species	Andrena humilis	Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Punktree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Punktree
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.

Punktree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway