Its cephalothorax and femora of legs and palpi were greenish-bluish brown; patellae and the rest of its joints were orange brown.
Adult males raised from larvae fed on artificial diet had significantly longer fore femora and fore tibiae than those reared from larvae fed on cotton or lucerne (table 5).
Legs light brown except coxae brown, femora, in particular hind femur, lighter brown and tibiae slightly darkened.
Coxae, trochanters and femora with testaceous suffusion and the black pigmentation of tibiae and tarsi more extensive than in the first stage.
Distinguished by the uneven granulation of the pronotum, the bare shiny frontal patch in the female, and especially the remarkable basal tooth on the hind femora of the male.
A very distinct species, easily recognised by the sub-metallic violet colour of the abdomen, femora and tibiae, and the shining whitish area on the front of the thorax.
Mid and hind femora with two white patches on the basal half, not blue in any position.
The femora are rather stout, with an irregular row of short hairs on the upper surface.
