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 16. Halictus mongolicus Morawitz, 1880 ( Figs 16 a–e) Halictus mongolicus Morawitz, 1880: 365 , ♀ . FIGURES 16a–e. Halictus mongolicus Morawitz, 1880 . Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d —head, frontal view; e—labels. Type locality: Govi-Altai Aimak ( Mongolia ). Published (original) locality: “Nordwestlichen Mongolei von Potanin gesammelt”. Lectotype : ♀ , designated by Pesenko 2006: 74 , <golden circle> // 95474. [ Mongolia , Govi-Altai Aimak , Adzh- Bogdo Ridge , 44°40′N 95°10′E , Potanin’s Expedition 1876–1877 ] // mongolicus Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz ] // Lectotypus , H. mongolicus Mor. des. Pesenko 2005, ♀ <red label>. Paralectotypes : 4 ♀ , the same label as lectotype , but with labels “95465”, “95468”, “95471”, and “95472”. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) mongolicus Morawitz, 1880 . Remark. Description of male: Blüthgen 1929: 77 , Fig. 7 . Distribution. Russia ( Buryatia ), Mongolia , Northwestern and North China ( Astafurova & Proshchalykin 2017b ).