"Overall length  13.1mm, greatest width over elytra 5.2mm. Color. Dorsal and ventral surfaces black, legs, mouthparts, and antennae black to piceous. Dorsally with distinct metallic purple reflex, more evident on head and prono tum. Luster. Dorsal surface very shiny, ventral surface moderately shiny."

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