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 25. Halictus tataricus Blüthgen, 1933 ( Figs 25 a–e) Halictus tataricus Blüthgen, 1933: 76 , ♀ , ♂ . FIGURES 25a–e. Halictus tataricus Blüthgen, 1933 . Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—labels. Type locality: Qusar ( Azerbaijan ). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the lectotype and paratlectotype labels (see below). Lectotype (designated here): ♀ , АССР, Кусары, Куб.[инский] у.[еЗд] [ Azerbaijan , Qusar , 41°25′N 48°26′E ], 15. V .[19]28, Бочарников [ Bocharnikov leg.] // tatricus n.sp. Blüthgen det. 1932, ♀ // Type <red label> // Lectoty- pus, Halictus tataricus Bl. , design. Astafurova et Proshchalykin , 2020 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Peters- burg INS_HYM_0000147. Paralectotype : ♂ , the same label as in lectotype but 18.IX.[19]28 // tataricus n.sp. Blüthgen det. 1932, ♂ // Type <red label> // к[оллекциЯ]. Гуссаковского [Collection of V . Gussakovskij] // Paratypus , Halictus tataricus Bl. , design. Astafurova et Proshchalykin, 2020 <red label>. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) gavarnicus tataricus Blüthgen, 1933 (according to Warncke 1975: 106 and Pesenko 2006: 67 ). Distribution. Southeastern Europe, Russia (to Bashkiria), Azerbaijan , Asia Minor ( Pesenko 2006 ) .