A mite recorded from South Africa.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is lightly reticulate anterior to seta Z4.
The female holotype was collected on Cupressus sp. in one event on 24 May 1983 at Ebenezer Dam near Tzaneen, South Africa.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 5.
In the 3 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is bell-shaped.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.