Hoplocnemis karrooana

Adults reach a length of about 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) for males and 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) for females.^[3] They are black with the elytra chestnut-red or dark red. The propygidmm and abdomen are clothed with dense yellow scales. The pronotum is covered with equi-distant, deep punctures which are somewhat crowded, and the hairs of the margins are black. The elytra are numerously punctate, each puncture with a short black hair. The pygidium punctulate and very briefly hairy.^[4]