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 33. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893 ( Figs 33 a–e) Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893: 78 , ♀ , ♂ . FIGURES 33a–e. Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz, 1893 . Lectotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—labels. Type locality: Ayni, Sogd Province ( Tajikistan ). Published (original) locality: “Warzaminor”. Lectotype : ♂ , designated Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017a: 252 , Warzaminor [ Tajikistan , Sogd Province , Ayni, 39°23′N 68°32′E ] // gracilor F. Mor., ♂ // F. Morawitz det., Typ. // lectotypus Sphecodes gracilior Morawitz 1893 , design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000168. Current status. Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853 (synonymized by Popov 1935: 367 ). Distribution. North Africa, South and Central Europe, Russia (east to Khakassia Republic), Israel , Jordan , Syria , Turkey , Caucasus, Iran , Central Asia, Kazakhstan , Northwestern China (Astafurova et al . 2019).