Niphadomimus electra sp. n.

Figs. 4, 11D.

Diagnostic description. Holotype, male (Fig. 4). Genbank accession: KJ427746. Length: 3.76 mm. Color dark reddish; prosternal depression delimited on each side by longitudinal keel; femoral tooth not higher than its width at base and weakly developed; elytral interstriae unevenly and pronouncedly tuberculate with those on interstria 3 markedly enlarged (Fig. 4A).

Intraspecific variation. Length 3.18–4.64 mm.

Material examined. Holotype male (IZCAS): #2727, “P.R. CHINA, Yunnan, Cang Shan at Dali, N25°40'12" E100°06'10", 05.vii.2011, 3740m, sift37, V.Grebennikov ” . Paratypes (CNC, CMN, IZCAS, MTD, ZIN): female, #0879, “P.R. CHINA, Yunnan, E slope Cangshan at Dali, N25°40'07.6 E100°06'12.9, 19.v.2010, 3887m, sifting18, V.Grebennikov ”; 50 exx, #2707–09 and 47 exx not numbered, “P.R. CHINA, Yunnan, Cang Shan at Dali, N25°40'07" E100°06'14", 04.vii.2011, 3890m, sift35, V.Grebennikov ”; 29 exx, #2728, #2729 and 27 exx not numbered, same data as holotype .

Distribution. Eastern slope on Cang Shan range above the city of Dali, Yunnan, China; sympatrically with N. maia sp. n. Elevation: 3740–3890 m.

Etymology. The species epithet is a Latinized Greek mythical name of Electra, one of the Pleiades, mother of Dardanus and Iasion by Zeus; noun in apposition.