[1] This species was described as Thlaosoma hectori in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge from a single female specimen collected in Dunedin.

[1] This species has an olive yellowish cephalothorax and legs.

The abdomen is dull yellowish with dark yellow brown shading.

This species is similar to Celaenia atkinsoni, but is smaller.

[2] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".