A mite recorded from South Africa.
In the single female holotype examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is mostly smooth, with a few anterolateral striae.
The female holotype and one female paratype were collected on an unidentified herb in one event on 18 June 1981, 5 km from Silverstream Beach near Cape Town, South Africa.
In the single female holotype examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 5.
In the single female holotype examined in the 2008 revision, the proximal half of the spermathecal calyx is slightly bulged and thick-walled; its distal half is thin-walled and slightly flares towards the vesicle.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.