Xylocopa rufitarsis
Red-leg carpenter bee | |
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Female in the Western Cape | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Xylocopa |
Species: | X. rufitarsis
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Binomial name | |
Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841[1]
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Xylocopa rufitarsis, the red-leg carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee native to South Africa.[2] 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, , , , , peas (Pisum sativum) and Tipuana tipu, but also Agave sp., Anchusa capensis, , , , Populus sp., , , Salvia dentata and other Lamiaceae. Nests of been found in Metalasia muricata, and Pinus sp. They are parasitized by .[3]
References[]
- ^ "ITIS standard report - Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
Categories:
- Xylocopa
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Insects of South Africa
- Insects described in 1841
- Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier
- Apidae stubs