These webs have a small number of radii and instead of a tight spiral of sticky threads, the sticky spanning threads are widely spaced and do not form a spiral.

The abdomen is broad, wider than long, and marked with a broad white band running from side to side, with a gold edge at the rear.

It is darker than the female and lacks the white band on the abdomen.

The median apophysis of the palpal bulb is thick and has a pointed tip.

[4] The genus Cyrtarachne was included in molecular phylogenetic studies in 2014 and 2020 which placed it in the "cyrtarachnines" in the subfamily Cyrtarachninae s.l.