Xylocopa rufitarsis

Red-leg carpenter bee
	Female in the Western Cape
Scientific classification
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 subsp. namaquaensis;

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.

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[ITIS_standard_report_-_Xylocopa_rufitarsis_Lepeletier,_1841-1] "ITIS standard report - Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[GBIF_-_Xylocopa_rufitarsis_Lepeletier,_1841-2] "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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