It is native to Central and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela).

[1] Head very long, black, with a red brown spot on the middle.

Antennae dark brown, the basal joint being longest, thickest, and lightest coloured; the others are nearly of equal length; the whole being a little longer than the elytra.

Thorax light red brown, and almost oval, about the length of the head, and a little broader; it is also a little margined, and next the body truncate.

Elytra black, margined and furrowed, oval next the thorax, but more square at their extremities, and not covering the anus.