"Holotype : 280m , Pic du Pin, L 3mmm, W  3,4mm

 This species is restrict- ed to the vicinity of Pic du Pin, southern Grande Terre , with all collecting localities recorded at 280 m elevation. Collected from sieved litter, this species may climb the lower reaches and boles of larger trees in addition to occupying the ground-level litter layer.

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