A mite recorded from South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is lightly reticulate.
In one event on 2 April 1962 at Zebediela, South Africa, the female holotype and three female paratypes were collected on Citrus sp.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is tubular.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.