A mite recorded from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is strongly reticulate.
One female paratype was collected on Eragrostis superba in one event on 8 April 1975 at Marble Hall, South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the ventrianal shield is broadly oval, with a few striations around the anus and an almost straight front margin.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.