title: Type specimens of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
abstract: The article contains a review of the type specimens of Sphecidae described by E. Eversmann, F. F. Morawitz, F. F. Kohl, V. V. Gussakovskij, V. L. Kazenas, A. S. Menke and Yu. Danilov, and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Altogether 157 type specimens of 56 taxa were examined. Type specimens of Podalonia kozlovii (Kohl, 1906), whose depository was previously unknown, have been located.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia.; Email: prionyx@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Yuriy N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Danilov
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012426:Russia; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development