[3] The male has a shining, dark brown head, pronotum disc, and base of tegmina, with fine and sparse yellowish hairs.

[3] It has paler brown legs, edges of the sides of its pronotum, and ends of its tegmina.

[3] Its ocelli (simple eyes) are well defined and colored a dull yellow.

[3] The distribution of the species is limited to the United States, including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.

[6] Adults of the cockroach species have not been found in the nests, but the young nymphs are raised among C. lineolata workers without apparent harm.