Xylocopa rufitarsis

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| image = Xylocopa rufitarsis Betty's Bay.jpg

| image_caption = Female in the Western Cape

| genus = Xylocopa

| species = rufitarsis

| authority = Lepeletier, 1841{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=766876#null|title=ITIS standard report - Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841|publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|access-date=11 January 2018}}

| synonyms =

• X. maculosa
• X. rufitarsis namaquaensis

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Xylocopa rufitarsis is a species of carpenter bee native to South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1342385|title= Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841|publisher= Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date= 11 January 2018}} 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.{{cite web|website= Global Biodiversity Information Facility|title= Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841|url= https://www.gbif.org/species/100243500|access-date= 2018-01-13}}