This phytoseiid mite has a record from Glazoue, Benin.
In the 5 female specimens from Benin examined in the 2001 study, the dorsal shield has an imbricate pattern.
A record dated 18 July 1990 documents one female paratype collected on Manihot esculenta at Glazoue, Benin.
In the 5 female specimens from Benin examined in the 2001 study, the spermathecal calyx is slender and flared distally.
In the 5 female specimens from Benin examined in the 2001 study, the leg macrosetae have knobbed tips.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.