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 19. Halictus petraeus Blüthgen, 1933 ( Figs 19 a–e) Halictus petraeus Blüthgen, 1933: 78 , Fig. 4 , ♀ . FIGURES 19a–e. Halictus petraeus Blüthgen, 1933 . Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b— head, frontal view; cmesosoma, dorsal view; d—metasoma, dorsal view; e—labels. Type locality: Gursy-Tasch River valley, Peter the First Ridge ( Tajikistan ). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below). Holotype : ♀ , Хр.[ебет] Петра Великого, р.[ека] Гурсы-Ташъ [ Tajikistan , Peter the First Ridge , Gursy-Tasch River , ≈ 39°00′N 71°30′E ], 29.VII.1911 , А. Гольбек [ A. Golbek leg.] // Halictus petraeus n.sp. , ♀ , P. Blüthgen det. // Holotype <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000046 . Paratypes ( 6 ♀ ): 4 ♀ , the same label as in holotype ; ♀ , [ Tajikistan ], Syr-darja G. , Talas-Alatau Ur-Maral Schlucht , 22. VI .[19]07, J. Baeckmann [leg.] ; ♀ , Хр.[ебет] Петра Великого, пер.[евал] Гардан-и-Кафтаръ [Ta- jikistan, Peter the First Ridge, Gardan-i-Kaftar Pass], 1.VII.1911 , А. Гольбек [A. Golbek leg.] // Halictus petraeus n.sp. , ♀ , P. Blüthgen det. // Typus <red label> [these two last labels for each paratype specimens]. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) petraeus Blüthgen, 1933 . Remark. Male unknown. Distribution. Mountains of Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan and Western Mongolia ( Pesenko 2006 ).