[2] Because of collecting and habitat loss this rare species is protected and included in the list of insects regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Body, pronotum and elytra are black in both sexes.

In the females the clypeus is narrowly rounded at apex.

Females lay 25-40 eggs, hatching in about two months.

[7] It can be found in moist forest areas in the mountain hills at an elevation of 900–2,200 metres (3,000–7,200 ft) above sea level.