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 38. Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015 ( Figs 38 a–f) Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015b: 83 , Figs 21 , 22 , 58, 59, 63, 75, 116, ♂ . Type locality: Tyva Republic ( Russia ). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below) . FIGURES 38a–f. Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015 . Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—meta-soma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—labels; f—genitalia, dorsal view. Holotype : ♂ , Тува , 32 км ЮЗ КыЗыла, р.[ека] Элегест [ Russia , Tyva Republic , 32 km SW Kyzyl , Elegest River , 51°29’N 94°10’E ], 22.VII.2014 , Лелей, ПроЩалыкин, Локтионов [ A. Lelej , M. Proshchalykin , V . Lok- tionov leg.] // Holotypus Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015 <red label>// Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000174 . Paratypes ( 3 ♂ ): ♂ , МонголиЯ, Восточный аймак, р.[ека] Нумрэгин-Гол, 32 км ЮВ г.[оры] Салхит, [Mon- golia, Dornod Aimag , Numergin-Gol River , 32 km SE Salhit Mts ], 8.VIII.1976 , М. КоЗлов [ M. Kozlov leg.] ; ♂ , МонголиЯ, Восточный аймак, р.[ека] Халкин-Гол, 70 км В оЗ.[ера] БаЯн-Нур [ Mongolia , Dornod Aimag , Khalkhyn Gol [= Khalkh River ], 70 km E Bayan-Nur Lake ], 1.VIII.1976 , М. КоЗлов [ M. Kozlov leg.] ; ♂ , МонголиЯ, г.[ора] Дерхин-Цаган-Обо, 60 км ВСВ БаЯн-Бурды [ Mongolia , Dornod Aimag , Derhin-Tsagan-Obo Mts. , 60 km ENE Bayan-Burda ], 3.VIII.1976 , М. КоЗлов MK [ M. Kozlov leg.] . Current status. Sphecodes schwarzi Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2015 . Remark. Description of female: Astafurova et al . 2015: 5–7, Figs 2 , 4 , 6 . One paratype (male) from Tyva Republic, 31 km NEE Erzin, Erzin River, 16.VII.2014 , A. Lelej, M. Proshchalykin, V. Loktionov leg., deposited in the Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity (Vladivostok, Russia ). Distribution. Kazakhstan (Karagandy), Russia ( Tyva Republic ), Mongolia ( Astafurova et al . 2018a ).