The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution III Family Halictidae, genera Halictus Latreille, 1804, and Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. Yulia. Astafurova @ zin. ru; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0557 - 7792 Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok- 22, 690022, Russia. proshchalikin @ biosoil. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7870 - 8226 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-12 4790 3 401 446 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.3.1 1175-5326 3891137 AB123AA7-5875-434F-B54D-ADC6E3660AE2 36. Sphecodes orientalis Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2014 ( Figs 36 a–f) Sphecodes orientalis Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2014: 517 , Figs. 13 , 14 , 43, 44, 61, 71, 81, 87, 91, 100, 110b, , . FIGURES 36a–f. Sphecodes orientalis Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2014 . Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—meta-soma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—genitalia, dorsal view; f—labels. Type locality: Primorsky Territory ( Russia ). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below). Holotype : , Приморский край , 15 км ЮЗ СлавЯнки, [ Russia , Primorsky Territory , 15 km SW Slavyanka , 42°46’N 131°14’E ], дубнЯк [oak forest], 31.VIII.1995 , С. Белокобыльский [ S. Belokobylskij leg.] // Holotypus Sphecodes orientalis Astafurova et Proshchalykin 2014 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_ HYM_0000171 . Paratypes : 104 specimens , see Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2014: 517–518 . Current status. Sphecodes pieli Cockerell, 1931 (synonymized by Astafurova et al . 2018b: 38 ). Distribution. Russia (Far East), China ( Hebei , Beijing , Shaanxi , Jiangsu , Shanghai , Zhejiang , Sichuan ) ( Astafurova et al . 2018b ).