A mite recorded from Zambia.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is strongly reticulate.
The female holotype and one female paratype were collected on Uapaca kirkiana in one event on 19 October 1992, 78 km south of Chiwoma, Zambia.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is saccular, thick-walled over about two-thirds of its length and constricted near the atrium.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.