This mite has been recorded from New Zealand and Australia.
In the single adult female specimen examined for the description, the dorsal shield is strongly reticulated.
The historical type-collection record states that 30 females and five males were collected from Metrosideros excelsa on Kawau Island, New Zealand.
In this female material, the fixed finger of the chelicera has 9 teeth and the movable finger has 3 teeth.
In this female material, the genu, tibia and basitarsus of the fourth leg each bear one thick, pointed macroseta.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.