(Figs. 1-3)

Type material. Holotype ( ♂ )¡ New Caledonia, Mt. Rembai, 700 m, 18.X.1978, G. Kuschel leg. Holotype deposited in NZAC.

Description.

Male. Body measurements (mm)¡ TL 1.8 PL 0.8 PW 0.9 EL 1.0 EW 1.0. Body parallel (Fig. 1). Dorsal integument of head, pronotum and elytra entirely dark-brown. Ventral integument of thorax and abdomen dark-brown. Antennae and legs dark-brown. Pubescence of dorsal surfaces coarse, erect consisting of dark-brown setae; pubescence on ventral surfaces moderately fine, recumbed dark-brown. Antennae with 11 antennomeres, antennal club with 6 antennomeres (Fig. 2). Median ocellus on head presented. Segments I-V dark brown, VI-XI black. Pronotum dark-brown, lateral margins very raised. Antennal fossa extending completely to base of prothorax, deeply excavated. Punctuation very fine on the disc and coarse on lateral margins. Elytra coarsely punctured on basal 1/3 and near scutellum, finely punctured on other elytral parts; humera with one large bump. Pubescence entirely dark-brown. Epipleuron extending to hind margin of metepimeron. Prosternum with anterior margin carinate, posterior process gradually tapering towards apex. Metasternum very finely punctured on the disc. Legs dark-brown with brown setae. Abdominal visible sternite finely punctured. Male genitalia as Fig. 3.

Female. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from all known New Caledonian species by the unicolorous integument of elytra and the forms of antennae and male genitalia.