A mite recorded from Kenya, Lesotho and South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is reticulate.
In one event on 3 December 1989 at Sondu, Kenya, one female was collected on Ficus sycomorus.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the ventrianal shield is smooth and pentagonal, with a slightly concave front margin.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 3 teeth and the fixed digit has 5.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.