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 2. Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936 ( Figs 2 a–f) Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936: 305 , ♀ , ♂ . Type locality: Akhal Province ( Turkmenistan ). FIGURES 2a–f. Halictus bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936 . Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c—me-sosoma, dorsal view; d—genitalia, dorsal view; e—labels; f—metasoma, dorsal view. Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below). Holotype : ♂ , Багир, Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan , Akhal Province , Bagir ( 18 km W Ashkhabad ), 58°12′E 37°57′N ], 25. V .[1]928, В . Гуссаковский [ V . Gussakovskij leg.] // Halictus bagirensis n. sp. , P. Blüthgen det. , Holotype // Holotype <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000157 . Paratypes ( 2 ♂ , 3 ♀ ): ♂ , Чули, Копет-даг , Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan , Kopetdag, Chuli (Gok- depe)], 17. V .[1]914, Гольбек [ A. Golbek leg.] ; ♂ , the same label, but 18. V .[1]914 ; ♀ , Кеши , Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan , Keshi], 22. V .[1]928, Гуссаковский [ V . Gussakovskij leg.] ; ♀ , Ашхабад [ Turkmenistan , Ashkhabad ], 21. V .[1]928, Гуссаковский [ V . Gussakovskij leg.] ; ♀ , Хр.[ебет] Петра Великого, пер.[евал] Зах- Бурси [ Tajikistan , Peter the First Ridge , Zakh-Bursi Pass ], 5.VII.[1]913, к. Гольбека [collection of A. Golbek ] // Halictus bagirensis n. sp. , P. Blüthgen det. // Paratype <red label> [these two last labels for each paratype speci- mens]. Current status. Halictus ( Protohalictus ) bagirensis Blüthgen, 1936 . Distribution. A relatively rare montane Central Asian species: southern Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , and northern Iran ( Pesenko 2005a ).