This water mite is known from northeastern North America south through the Appalachians, with records also in Ottawa, Canada.
The described preserved female specimens have an oval back with bluish-purple to purple colour at the rear. Rarely, faint orange occurs along the front edge of the purple, especially near the middle.
On 26 August 1964, two males were collected in a small stream near Limestone, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
In these female specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is elongated and colourless, and the mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these females, the palps are elongated. Their femur and genu segments have bumpy projections underneath with broad, toothed ends.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.