Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 31 specimens and 1 egg, HGP, in foliose lichens on Acacia trees (SMLA accession numbers 9340, 9341, 9353, 9355, 9357; NMSA accession number 9347). Echiniscus duboisi, Macrobiotus iharosi, Minibiotus harrylewisi sp. n., Min. intermedius, and Milnesium tardigradum were present in the same samples.
Distribution: Hitherto this species was known only from its type locality in Western Cape Province, South Africa.