Mt Maoya camp, 1150m

"Overall length (sbl) 13.7mm, greatest width over elytra 5.4mm. Color. Dorsal and ventral surfaces black, legs, mouthparts, and antennomeres 1-3 black to piceous, antennomeres 4-11 paler, slightly infuscated. Dorsally with slight metallic purple reflex. Luster. Dorsal surface shiny, ventral surface slightly duller"

Kipling W. Will inTaxonomic review of the Pterostichini and Loxandrini fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Carabidae) -