A mite recorded from South Africa.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is striate between setae j1 and j4, reticulate between j4 and z4, and striate posteriorly.
In one event on 10 March 1986 in Tsitsikamma Sea Coast National Park, South Africa, one female was collected on Helichrysum odoratissimum.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 4.
In the female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is bell-shaped.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.