Andrena minutula (Kirby, 1802)
(Common Mini-miner)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAndrena minutula (Common Mini-miner)
GenusAndrena (mining bees)
FamilyANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Andrena minutula (Common Mini-miner) :
1: Andrena minutula (Common Mini-miner)
19 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on spoil from animal digging
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Andrena minutula (Common Mini-miner)
5 Apr 2018 OSGR: SU21 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, visiting Daisy
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - surface ornamentation - close-up - magnified - silver background

Andrena minutula (Common Mini-miner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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