This water mite is known from Catron County, New Mexico, USA.
The described preserved female specimens have an oval back with faint purple colour confined to the rear.
On 5 May 2012, two females and two males were collected in Whitewater Creek at Glenwood Whitewater Picnic Area, Catron County, New Mexico.
In these female specimens, the base supporting the mouthparts is colourless and the mouthparts have curved fangs.
In these females, the palps are short and stocky. Their femur segments have broad, bumpy projections underneath with toothed tips; the following genu segments have toothed, flanged projections underneath.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.