[2] It was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1868 and has a Palearctic distribution,[1] including Great Britain.

The fourth pair of legs are longer than in species of the closely related genus Sitticus.

Identification is based on the precise structure of the female epigyne and the male palpal bulb.

[5][1] Attulus saltator is found from western Europe through to south-western Siberia.

[6] In England and Wales, it is mainly found in sandy places such as sand dunes.