Species discovered in the Parc de la Rivière Bleue (several specimens between the Refuge des Scientifiques, the Grand kaori, the Pont Germain).

About 21mm; blackish brown to black.

The specimens cited in the description of the species were all found already dead, in the hot season.

Frank-Thorsten KRELL and JörnTHEUERKAUF, "A new species of the endemic genus Hemicyrthus Reiche (Coleoptera :, Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from New Caledonia, with a revised key", Article in Zootaxa · November 2015