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 24. Halictus takuiricus Blüthgen, 1936 ( Figs 24 a–e) Halictus takuiricus Blüthgen, 1936: 309 , ♀ . FIGURES 24a–e. Halictus takuiricus Blüthgen, 1936 . Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, dorsal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—head, frontal view; e—labels. Type locality: Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range ( Kyrgyzstan ). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below). Holotype : ♀ , КыргыЗстан, г. Такыр-тер, Алекс.[андровский] хр.[ебет], Пиш.[пекский] у.[еЗд] [ Kyrgyzstan , Issyk- Kul Province , Takyr-ter Mt. , 42°21′N 78°36′E ], 20.VII.[19]13, Чернав [ Chernav leg.] // Halictus takuiricus n. sp. , ♀ , P. Blüthgen det. // Holotype <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000161 . Current status. Halictus ( Protohalictus ) takuiricus Blüthgen, 1936 . Remark. Description of male: Pesenko 2005a: 339 . Distribution. A rare, montane Central Asian: Аfghanistan , Iran , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Kazakhstan , Kyr- gyzstan, and western China ( Pesenko 2005a ).