The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VIII. Family Andrenidae, subfamily Panurginae Author Astafurova, Yulia V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. 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. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-27 5541 3 251 293 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5541.3.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.3.1 1175-5326 14241042 CF55C1C0-3FC5-4B2E-9865-977EDFC11EE7 12. Melitturga caucasica Morawitz, 1877 ( Fig. 12a–d ) Meliturga [sic!] caucasica Morawitz, 1877: 36 , ♀ . Type locality: Kasbeck Mt. ( Georgia ). Published (original) locality: “Kasbek”. Lectotype : ♀ , designated by Proshchalykin et al . 2016: 568 , Kasbek [ Georgia , Kazbek Mt., 44°32′N 42°40′E ] // caucasica . Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz ] // Syntypes // Lectotype Melitturga caucasica Morawitz, 1877 , design. Astafurova & Proshchalykin, 2016 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002756 . Paralectotypes : 4 ♀ , the same label as in the lectotype . Current status. Melitturga ( Melitturga ) praestans Giraud, 1861 (synonymised by Warncke 1972: 103 ). Distribution. Austria , Czech Republic , Slovakia , North Macedonia, Bulgaria , Greece (north), Turkey , Armenia , Georgia , Russia ( Bashkortostan Republic , Orenburg Province ), Iran , Kazakhstan ( Proshchalykin et al . 2016 ; personal communication of T.J. Wood).