23. Halictus modernus Morawitz, 1876 Figure 18

Halictus modernus Morawitz, 1876: 217 (key), 235, ♀.

Type locality.

Samarkand (Uzbekistan).

Published (original) locality.

Uzbekistan: near Samarkand.

Holotype.

♀, 5.[VII.1870] // Самаркандъ [Uzbekistan, Samarkand, 39°39'N, 66°57'E] // Halictus modernus Mor., [N]354 [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Holotypus <red label> [ZMMU].

Current status.

Halictus (Lampralictus) modernus Morawitz, 1876.

Remarks.

The lectotype designation of Warncke (1982: 147) is unnecessary as the species was described from a single female that was directly written about by Morawitz (1876: 235).

Description of male. Ebmer 1984: 315, figs 3-5.

Distribution.

Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Pesenko 2005a).