Common name: Sunflower Miner Bee

Scientific name: Andrena helianthi Robertson, 1891

Class:

Insecta (Insects)

Order:

Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)

Family:

Andrenidae

Synonyms:

Other common names:

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Habitat type(s):

Habitat description(s)

Subterranean:

Subterrestrial

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Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

GNR

Not Ranked - Global conservation status not yet assessed.

State conservation status rank:

S1S2

Critically Imperiled or Imperiled in New York - Especially or very vulnerable to disappearing from New York due to rarity or other factors; typically 20 or fewer populations or locations in New York, very few individuals, very restricted range, few remaining acres (or miles of stream), and/or steep declines. More information is needed to assign either S1 or S2.

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Not Listed

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

Y: Track all extant and selected historical EOs

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.881887/Andrena_helianthi/