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 1. Halictus atripes Morawitz, 1893 ( Figs 1 a–f) FIGURES 1a–f. Halictus atripes Morawitz, 1893 . Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c—meso-soma, dorsal view; d—genitalia, dorsal view; e—labels; f—metasoma, dorsal view. Halictus atripes Morawitz, 1893: 73 , ♂ . Type locality: Veshab, Sogd Province ( Tajikistan ). Published (original) locality: “Seravschan, Veschab”. Holotype : ♂ , Seravschan, Veschab [ Tajikistan , Sogd Province , Veshab, 39°25’N 69°00’E ], Glasunov [leg.] 1892 // Halictus atripes F. Morawitz , ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Holotypus , atriceps Mor. ♂ <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000156. Current status. Halictus ( Protohalictus ) atripes Morawitz, 1893 . Remark. Female unknown. Distribution. A rare species occurring in mountains of Southem and Southeastern Kazakhstan , Northem Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan , and China ( Xinjiang ) ( Pesenko 2005a ).