Males of this millipede have red spots on a dark brown background.
Males have a dark brown background on the back.
It has been found in moderately moist hardwood forest with beech, maple, tuliptree, hemlock and rhododendron.
Those collected in Bob Amos Park, Kentucky, were beneath 1–2 cm of hardpacked, dark soil beside a hiking path.
At Breaks Interstate Park in Virginia, individuals were beneath 1–2 cm of sandy, dark soil in a very moist rhododendron cove along Laurel Branch Creek.
Males have red spots on the side extensions of the body segments.
In males, the upper surface of the plate immediately behind the head is smooth, with a red margin.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.