Niphadomimus celaeno sp. n.

Figs. 3, 11C.

Diagnostic description. Holotype, male (Figs. 3, 11C). Genbank accession: KJ427748. Length: 4.17 mm. Color dark reddish; prosternal depression delimited on each side by longitudinal keel; femoral tooth not higher than its width at base and moderately developed; elytral interstriae evenly and pronouncedly tuberculate.

Material examined. Holotype male (IZCAS): #2476, “P.R. CHINA, Sichuan, NE slope Gongga Shan, N29°52'10" E102°02'01", 12.vi.2011, 3620m, sift16, V.Grebennikov ”.

Distribution. Gongga Shan region in Sichuan, China; sympatrically with N. alcyone sp. n. Elevation: 3620 m.

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Etymology. The species epithet is a Latinized Greek mythical name of Celaeno, one of the Pleiades, mother of

Lycus and Eurypylus by Poseidon; noun in apposition.