Afraflacilla fayda is a jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten in 2010.

[1] It is one of over 500 species identified by the Polish scientist Wesołowska during her career, leading her to be one of the most prolific in the field.

[6] Pseudicius was provisionally placed alongside Icius that, despite looking superficially similar, has a different etymology.

[7][8] Indeed, Ekaterina Andreeva, Stefania Hęciak and Jerzy Prószyński looked to combine the genera in 1984.

[9] The two genera have similar spermathecal structure but work by Wayne Maddison in 1987 demonstrated that they have very different DNA.

[12] A year later, in 2016, Jerzy Prószyński moved the species to the genus Afraflacilla on the basis of the shape of the copulatory organs.

[14] They can be distinguished from other jumping spiders by their flattened and elongated body and characteristic colour patterns.

The female of this species have a carapace, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, that is oval, low and brown, with a covering of dense light grey hairs.

The underside of the abdomen is whitish with silver marking formed of translucent crystals.

The spider rubs its front legs against a row of fine hairs on the side of the carapace.

[1] The male holotype was found near al Ain] al-Fayda in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2005.

The spider has been observed living amongst the leaves of Prosopis cineraria trees in vegetated dunes.