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 7. Halictus confluens Morawitz, 1890 ( Figs 7 a–e) Halictus confluens Morawitz, 1890: 368 , ♀ . Type locality: Xining, Qinghai ( China ). Published (original) locality: “Kan-ssu: Sinin”. Lectotype : ♀ , designated by Pesenko 2006: 72 , Sinin [ China , Qinghai , Xining, 36°38′N 101°45′E ], 29.iv, Rob [orovsky leg.] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [ Collection of F. Morawitz ] // Halictus confluens F. Morawitz , ♀ [handwritten by F. Morawitz ] // Lectotypus , Halictus confluens Mor. , design. Pesenko <red label>. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) aerarius Smith, 1873 (synonymized by Ebmer 1978: 190 ). Distribution. China (except Northwest), Russia (Far East), Korean Peninsula, Japan , Taiwan ( Pesenko 2006 ).