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 26. Halictus turanicus Morawitz, 1893 ( Figs 26 a–f) Halictus turanicus Morawitz, 1893: 74 , ♂ . FIGURES 26a–f. Halictus turanicus Morawitz, 1893 . Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b— metasoma, dorsal view; c—head, frontal view; d—mesosoma, dorsal view; e—genitalia; f—labels. Type locality: Takfon, Sogd Province ( Tajikistan ). Published (original) locality: “Jagnob: Takfon”. Holotype : ♂ , Turkest.[an], Jagnob [River], Takfon [ 39°12’N 68°37’E ], Glasunov [leg.], 1892 // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Halictus turanicus F. Moraw. , ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Holo- type, turanicus Mor. , ♂ <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000162. Current status. Halictus ( Protohalictus ) turanicus Morawitz, 1893 . Remark. Female unknown. Distribution. A rare species, mountains of Northern Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan ( Pesenko 2005a ).