Niphadomimus merope, Grebennikov, 2014

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2014, DNA barcode and phylogeography of six new high altitude wingless Niphadomimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from Southwest China, Zootaxa 3838 (2), pp. 151-173 : 160-161

Niphadomimus merope sp. n.

Figs. 6 , 11F .

Diagnostic description. Holotype, female ( Figs. 6 , 11F ). Genbank accession: KJ427741 . Length: 5.54 mm. Color

black; 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 weakly tuberculate.

Material examined. Holotype female ( IZCAS): #2201, “P.R. CHINA, Shaanxi, S slope Qin Ling Shan , N33°51'40" E108°59'27", 15.v.2011, 2000–2600m, sift01, V.Grebennikov ”.

Distribution. Southern slope of Qinling Shan in Shaanxi, China. Elevation: 2000–2600 m.

Etymology. The species epithet is a Latinized Greek mythical name of Merope, youngest of the seven Pleiades who married Sisyphus, a mortal; noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Niphadomimus merope sp. n., holotype, female #2201. A–D: habitus; E: spermatheca; F: sternite 8; G: sternite 9.

FIGURE 11. Niphadomimus spp., pro, meso- and metathorax, ventral (A–G, I) and left ventro-lateral (H). A: Niphadomimus alcyone sp. n., holotype, female, #2493; B: N. alcyone sp. n., paratype, female, #4429; C: N. celaeno sp. n., holotype, male, #2476; D: N electra sp. n., paratype, female, #0879; E: N. maia sp. n., holotype, male, #2730; F: N. merope sp. n., holotype, female #2201; G: N. nigriventris, male, #0796; H: N. nigriventris, female, #4697; I: N. sterope sp. n., holotype, male, #4475.