Description:
Measurements:
Prothorax at widest point 3.0 mm, elytra at widest point 3.6 mm, length
8.0 mm.
Color and vestiture: Head, thorax and abdomen black, (thorax reddish-orange
in males), thorax covered with vestiture of short, yellowish-orange
setae, elytra black.
Head: Eyes large in dorsal view (ocular width 1/2 interocular width);
clypeus coplaner with frons, frons angled at 30°; labrum in frontal
profile narrowly ovate, weakly emarginate, slightly produced anteriorly
from clypeus, labrum not coplaner with clypeus; labium with prementum
elongate, ventral surface with medial groove; antennae 9-segmented,
segments 7-9 forming the elongate club, equal to length of segments
2-6 combined.
Prothorax: Pronotum oblong, transverse, widest medially, posterior
angle obtuse, posterior margin convex, medially lobed; prothoracic
leg with coxae elongate; tibia lacking teeth, medially with a stout
spur; pretarsus with claws strongly divergent, equal in length, both
claws narrowly split.
Mesothorax: Scutellum subtriangular; elytra ovate, width equal to
length, elytral epipleuron forming a rounded bead, margin with a slight
membranous border, dorsal surface smooth, punctate, punctures in distinct
vertical lines, anterior umbone prominent, posterior umbone moderately
produced; pretarsus of mesothoracic leg with claws equal, divergent,
simple.
Metathorax: Metathoracic leg with coxae clearly separated; femur broadly
ovate, widest medially; tibia subtriangular, widest medially, narrow
proximally, posteroventral margin with a pair of long, stout spurs;
pretarsus with claws similar to mesothoracic legs.
Abdomen: Ventrites 2-4 subequal in length, 5th visible ventrite (=propygidium)
equal in length to ventrites 2-4 combined, ventrite and sternite of
5th abdominal segment lacking a complete suture, 6th ventrite equal
in length to 5th ventrite length; ventromedial surface with a semicircular
shaped pocket, margins of which are raised, posterior margin sinuate;
pygidium subtriangular, width equal to length, posterior margin blunt.