It was renamed by Townes, Momoi and Townes in 1965 (fulvipes meaning, yellow legs);[1] prior to that the species had been named Habronyx chinensis, chinensis meaning "China", in 1955 by Japanese entomologist Toichi Uchida.

[1] Like other members of the genus, H. fulvipes adults lay their eggs inside Lepidopteran larvae (i.e. caterpillars)[4] by piercing them with their ovipositor.

H. fulvipes eggs consist of an equatorial disc and a caudal stalk, making them look a bit like the cartoon oil lamp from Aladdin.

It is similar to the species Habronyx insidiator from Japan, but the head is slightly narrower than the thorax.

The mesothorax on both sides, tegulen, shoulders, wing roots, front of the prothorax, and propodeum at the end, are partially red.