Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative spelling: Mendacibombus
Synonym: Oligoapis Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Full reference: A. S. Skorikov. 1914. Les formes nouvelles des bourdons (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). VI. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 14:119-129
Parent taxon: Bombus according to M. Dehon et al. 2019
See also Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Sister taxa: Bombus (Bombus), Bombus (Calyptapis), Bombus (Cullumanobombus), Bombus (Kronobombus), Bombus (Megabombus), Bombus (Melanobombus), Bombus (Paraelectrobombus), Bombus (Psithyrus), Bombus (Timebombus), Bombus abavus, Bombus anacolus, Bombus coironensis, Bombus crassipes, Bombus dilectus, Bombus florissantensis, Bombus luianus, Bombus messegus, Bombus proavus, Bombus vetustus
Subtaxa: Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bes-Konak (Miocene of Türkiye)