This mite has been recorded from New Zealand.
In the described adult female material, the dorsal shield is smooth except for light reticulation along the sides of the leg-bearing region.
The original type-collection record states that the adult female holotype and two paratypes, one female and one male, were collected from Olearia colensoi in the Ruahine Range, New Zealand.
In this female material, the ventrianal shield is smooth and bears three pairs of setae in front of the anus.
In this female material, the genu, tibia and basitarsus of the fourth leg each bear one macroseta with a knobbed tip.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.