This mite has been recorded from New Zealand.
In the single adult female specimen examined for the description, the dorsal shield is distinctly reticulated along the sides.
Historical records report the female holotype, paratypes and other specimens on Olearia colensoi in the Ruahine Range and Urewera National Park, New Zealand.
In this female material, the fixed finger of the chelicera has 5 teeth and the movable finger has 2 teeth.
In this female material, the genu, tibia and basitarsus of the fourth leg each bear one macroseta with a knobbed tip.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.