A mite recorded from Zambia.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is reticulate.
The female holotype and one female paratype were collected on Ficus brachypoda in one event on 13 June 1992, 5 km south of Kashiba, Zambia.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the ventrianal shield is smooth and subquadrate, with an almost straight front margin.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 3–4.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.