Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Xylocopa Latreille 1802 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
violacea Linnaeus 1758 [species]	Apis
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Suborder	Apocrita
Superfamily	Apoidea
Family	Apidae
Genus	Xylocopa
Species	*violacea*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Noyes, Dr John	group coordinator
Polaszek, Dr Andrew	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)

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