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Xylocopa rufitarsis
Female in the Western Cape
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. rufitarsis
Binomial name
Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841
Synonyms
X. maculosa X. rufitarsis namaquaensis

Xylocopa rufitarsis is a species of carpenter bee native to South Africa. It has been assigned to the subgenus Xylomelissa. It was seen to visit flowers of a wide range of plants, many of them Fabaceae such as Acacia karroo, Aspalathus linearis, A. spinescens, Calpurnia glabrata, Lebeckia multiflora, Lebeckia sericea, peas (Pisum sativum) and Tipuana tipu, but also Agave sp., Anchusa capensis, Hermannia gariepina, Lobostemon trichotomus, Moraea cookii, Populus sp., Prenia pallens, Zygophyllum morgsana, Salvia dentata and other Lamiaceae. Nests have been found in Metalasia muricata, Psoralea aphylla and Pinus sp. They are parasitized by Anthrax badius.

References

1. "ITIS standard report - Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
3. "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

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• Xylocopa
• Hymenoptera of Africa
• Insects of South Africa
• Insects described in 1841
• Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier
• Apidae stubs