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 20. Halictus pjalmensis gaschunicus Blüthgen, 1935 ( Figs 20 a–e) Halictus pjalmensis ssp. gaschunicus Blüthgen, 1935: 111 , ♀ , ♂ . FIGURES 20a–e. Halictus pjalmensis gaschunicus Blüthgen, 1935 . Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—labels. Type locality: Dunhuang, Gansu ( China ). Published (original) locality: “Oase Satschschau (Gobi)”. Lectotype : ♀ , designated by Pesenko 2006: 76 , <golden circle> // оаЗ.[ис] СачЖоу, Гашуньское Гоби [Chi- na, Gansu , Oase Satschau, Gashun Gobi, (Dunhuang = Minghoshan in Gansu Province ), 40°09′N 94°40′E ], 1- 3.VIII.[18]95, Роб.[оровский]КоЗлов [ V . Roborovsky & P. Kozlov leg.] // Hal. subauratovestitus , ♀ , P. Blüthgen det. // Type <red label> // Lectotypus , Halictus pjalmensis gaschunicus Bl. , design. Pesenko 2005 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000047 . Paralectotypes : ♂ , the same label as in lectotype ; ♀ , the same label as in lectotype but, 28.VII.[18]95 // pjalmensis ssp. gaschunicus n. subsp. , Blüthgen det. 1933, Paratype // Paralectotypus , H. pjalmensis gaschunicus Bl. <red label> [these two last labels for each paratype specimens]. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) pjalmensis gaschunicus Blüthgen, 1935 . Distribution. Mongolia , China ( Gansu ) ( Pesenko 2006 ).