Andrena Fabricius, 1775
(mining bees)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Andrena cineraria Grey Mining Bee, Ashy Mining Bee	Species	32 images	1 ident. refs
Andrena clarkella Clarke’s Mining Bee	Species	30 images
Andrena fulva Tawny Mining Bee	Species		1 ident. refs
Andrena haemorrhoa Early Mining Bee, Orange-tailed Mining Bee	Species	12 images
Andrena hattorfiana Large Scabious Mining Bee	Species	1 images
Andrena minutula Common Mini-miner	Species	12 images
Andrena nitida Grey-patched Mining Bee	Species	8 images
Andrena (unidentified) Unidentified Mining Bees	Unidentified	4 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Andrena (mining bees)
Family	ANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Andrena is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Edwards, M.		Wild bees of Scotland: Identification guide	http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/wildlife/wild%20bees%20identification%20guide.pdf
Else, G.R.	1997	* (Draft Andrena Key) *(Superseded)
Perkins, R.C.L.	1919	The British Species of Andrena and Nomada	Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 218-319.
Stubbs, A.E.	2006	Test Keys to Bees

Andrena (mining bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Andrena (mining bees)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 70 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Andrena (mining bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Andrena is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)