A mite recorded from Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In the 8 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is reticulate anterior to seta Z4 and striate posterior to it.
Two female paratypes were collected on Maerua pubescens in one event on 7 November 1969, 13 km along the route from Shamva to Harare, Zimbabwe.
In the 8 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
In the 8 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is saccular.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.