Xylocopa violacea

Taxobox
name = "Xylocopa violacea"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = female "X. violacea" robbing nectar
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Apoidea
familia = Apidae
subfamilia = Xylocopinae
genus = "Xylocopa"
species = "X. violacea"
binomial = "Xylocopa violacea"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms =
*"Apis insubrica" Müller, 1766
*"Xylocopa femorata" Fabricius, 1804 "Xylocopa violacea" is the common European species of carpenter bee, and one of the largest bees in Europe. Like most members of the genus "Xylocopa", it makes its nests in dead wood.