A mite recorded from Malawi.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is striate laterally and dorsocentrally around seta Z4, and reticulate dorsocentrally between j3 and Z4 and between S5 and J5.
The female holotype and two female paratypes were collected on Urochloa mossambicensis in one event on 10 April 1970 at Chitila Research Station, Malawi.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has one tooth and the fixed digit has 5.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is bell-shaped.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.