"Pic Ningua, , 1350m., pitfall trap in primary montane rainforest,

 Overall length 7.5-8.8mm, greatest width over elytra 2.8- 3.5mm. Dorsal and ventral surfaces black some individuals with a slight bronze reflex from elytra. Legs, mouthparts, and antennae slightly or noticeably paler than ventral surface of body, piceous to rufopiceous or concolorous with ventral surface and then nearly black. Dorsally and ventrally moderately shiny to slightly dull, elytra usually slightly duller "

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