A mite recorded from Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is reticulate between setae j1 and Z4 and faintly striate posteriorly.
One female paratype was collected on Ficus carica in one event on 15 April 1955 at Munster, South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is bell-shaped.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.