This water mite is known from northern Alabama and Georgia, USA.
The described preserved female specimens have an oval back with purple to bluish-purple areas at the front and rear, occasionally with a faint orange strip in the middle.
On 4 July 1990, one male was collected in a tributary of Johns Creek, 1.4 km south of The Pocket Campground in Floyd County, Georgia.
In these female specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is colourless and the mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these females, the femur and genu segments of the palps beside the mouth have bumpy projections underneath.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.