This water mite is recorded from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the USA.
The described preserved female specimens have elliptical backs.
On 10 July 1987, two females and four males were collected in Little Creek, Catron County, New Mexico.
In these female specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is tall and the rostrum is short and conical. The mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these females, the palps beside the mouth are short and stocky. Their femur segments have bumpy projections underneath, while the following genu segments lack ventral projections.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.