This water mite is known from collecting localities along Natchez Trace Parkway in Alabama and Tennessee, USA.
The described preserved female specimens have an oval back with bold bluish-purple areas at the front and rear and faint orange in the middle.
On 24 September 2009, three females and one male were collected in Glenrock Branch Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee.
In these female specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is mostly colourless and the mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these females, the femur and genu segments of the palps have bumpy projections underneath. The underside of the body has bold bluish-purple colour.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.