Niphadomimus maia sp. n.

Figs. 5, 11E.

Diagnostic description. Holotype, male (Figs. 5, 11E). Genbank accession: KJ427733. Length: 5.00 mm. Color black; prosternal depression delimited on each side by longitudinal keel; femoral tooth not higher than its width at base and weakly developed; elytral interstriae evenly and weakly tuberculate.

Intraspecific variation. Length 5.00– 6.27 mm.

Material examined. Holotype male (IZCAS): #2730, “P.R. CHINA, Yunnan, Cang Shan at Dali, N25°40'12" E100°06'10", 05.vii.2011, 3740m, sift37, V.Grebennikov ” . Paratypes (CNC, IZCAS, MTD): 8 exx, #2731–33 and 5 exx not numbered, same data as holotype .

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

Etymology. The species epithet is a Latinized Greek mythical name of Maia, eldest of the seven Pleiades, mother of Hermes by Zeus; noun in apposition.