Xylocopa rufitarsis

Short description: Species of bee

Xylocopa rufitarsis

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[1]

Synonyms

* X. maculosa
* X. rufitarsis namaquaensis

Xylocopa rufitarsis 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, 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 of been found in Metalasia muricata, Psoralea aphylla and Pinus sp. They are parasitized by Anthrax badius.[3]

## References

1. ↑ "ITIS standard report - Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=766876#null.
2. ↑ "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/species/1342385.
3. ↑ "Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841". https://www.gbif.org/species/100243500.

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