A mite recorded from South Africa.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is reticulate.
In one event on 2 April 1955 at Nelspruit, South Africa, the female holotype, one female paratype and one male paratype were collected on Bequaertiodendron magaliesmontanum.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 6.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is long and slender, flaring towards the vesicle.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.