The type locality is Wulai, New Taipei, Taiwan, and the holotype is in the National Museum of Natural Science.

The prothorax and scutellum are pale yellow,[1] and the elytra are dark brown.

[1] They have gills, and they have glands that can be turned inside out and secrete protective substances.

Larvae occur in ditches and small streams with fast-flowing, shallow water and cobbles at the bottom.

[3] The larvae prey on freshwater snails such as Semisulcospira libertina and Melanoides tuberculata.