The body is black at the front, dark brown at the back of the high pear-shaped carapace and greyish beige across the abdomen.

Aelurillus timidulus is a jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Beata Tomasiewicz in 2008.

It is black to the front, towards the eye field, and dark brown towards the back, covered with dense grey-white hairs.

It is generally lighter, a greyish beige, and has short colourless hairs and bristles.

[1] The species was first identified in the Awash National Park, based on a female holotype collected in 1988.