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 23. Halictus semitectus Morawitz, 1874 ( Figs 23 a–e) Halictus semitectus Morawitz, 1874: 172 , , . FIGURES 23a–e. Halictus semitectus Morawitz, 1874 . Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c—mesosoma, dorsal view; d—labels; e—metasoma, dorsal view. Type locality: Derbent, Dagestan Republic ( Russia ). Published (original) locality: Derbent. Lectotype : , designated by Pesenko 2006: 76 , <golden circle> // Derbent [ Russia , Dagestan Republic , Der- bent, 42°04′N 48°17′E ] // semitectus Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz ] // Lectotypus , Halictus semitectus Mor. desingn. Pesenko, <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000048 . Paralectotypes : , , Derbent; , Derbent, Becker [leg.] // semitectus Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz]; , Derbent // semitectus Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus , Halictus semitectus Mor. desingn. Pesenko <red label> [this label for each paratype specimens]. Current status. Halictus ( Seladonia ) semitectus Morawitz, 1874 . Distribution. Europe, Russia (steppe and forest-steppe zones, east to Far East ), Armenia , Afghanistan , Mongolia , North China ( Astafurova et al. 2017).