"Fauvel (1882) described this species listing specimens from Mt. Mou and Île des Pins. The lectotype specimen has two labels glued to the pink IRSN museum card (above), one specifying “Île des Pins,” the second “Mt. Mou.” As these two localities are impossible to reconcile geographically on a single speci- men, and as numerous other specimens of this species are recorded from Mt. Mou and vicinity, Mt. Mou is desig- nated type locality, with Île des Pins considered to repre- sent an unverified locality for this species. Distribution and habitat. This species is distributed in the southern two-thirds of Grande Terre, being known from Aoupinié on the north to Montagne des Sources on the south . Beetles have been found in leaf litter, and via the application . " (James K. Liebherr-Cyphocoleus Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Odacanthini): descriptive taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and the Cenozoic history of New Caledonia- 2016)