Niphadomimus alcyone sp. n.

Figs. 1, 2, 11A–B.

Diagnostic description. Holotype, female (Figs. 1, 11A). Genbank accession: KJ427731. Length: 2.78 mm. Color black; prosternal depression not delimited on each side by longitudinal keel; femoral tooth higher than its width at base and markedly developed (Fig. 2B); elytral interstriae not tuberculate.

Intraspecific variation. Length 2.45–2.78 mm.

Material examined. Holotype female (IZCAS): #2439, “P.R. CHINA, Sichuan, NE slope Gongga Shan, N29°53'23" E102°01'31", 08.vi.2011, 3886m, sift13, V.Grebennikov ” . Paratype (CNC), female (Figs. 2, 11B), #4429, “ CHINA, Sichuan, 23km E Songpan, N32°37'57" E103°49'20", 27.v.2012, 3761m, sifting 12, V. Grebennikov ” .

Distribution. Gongga Shan and Songpan regions in Sichuan, China; in the Gongga Shan area sympatrically with N. celaeno sp. n. Elevation: 3761–3886 m.

Etymology. The species epithet is a Latinized Greek mythical name of Alcyone, one of the Pleiades, mother of Hyrieus, Hyperenor and Aethusa by Poseidon; noun in apposition.