"Holotype male 1400m.  Mt Humboldt, moss forest. L 3,5mm, w 3,9mm

The species is known only from elevations 1400–1500 on Mt. Humboldt"

LIEBHERR James K. , Cladistic classification of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera,Carabidae, Moriomorphini) and taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian subgenus Phacothorax Jeannel, Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 65 (1) 2018, 1–63 | DOI 10.3897/dez.65.21000