[1] It was originally described by Howard Ensign Evans based on a holotype from Canberra, Australia.

[2] Length is up to 9 mm with legs and body being black.

Antennae are bright orange except on the scape and a weak darkening on the apical segment.

Body colour, wings and hair are the same as A. dilga but the difference is in A. canberra having a longer antennae and longer postnotum.

Differences also exist in the shape of the clypeus and wing venation details [2]