This water mite is known from northeastern North America south through the Appalachians.
The described preserved male specimens have a circular to elliptical back. Two large rear spots and a smaller front spot merge together, with colour ranging from reddish-purple or bluish-purple to navy blue. Orange often occurs between the rear spots.
On 18 August 1981, one female was collected in a shallow bay on the south side of Echo Lake at Baysville, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada.
In these male specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is colourless and the rostrum is short and conical. The mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these males, the femur and genu segments of the palps have bumpy projections underneath.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.