A mite recorded from Rwanda.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the dorsal shield is strongly reticulate.
The female holotype and one female paratype were collected on Ipomoea sp. in one event on 7 December 1989, 74 km north of Kibuye, Rwanda.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the movable cheliceral digit has 2 teeth and the fixed digit has 7.
In the 2 female specimens examined in the 2008 revision, the spermathecal calyx is saccular.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.