It is hairy and brown, the abdomen lighter than the carapace with a hint of a white streak visible on the back.

It has the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus, but, unlike other Langona spiders, has a straight palpal apophysis, or spike, reflected in the species name.

Langona recta was first described by the arachnologists Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith in 2022.

[1] It was one of over 500 species that Wesołowska has identified, ensuring that she is one of the most prolific describers of jumping spiders to have ever lived.

[7] It is lighter in colour than the carapace and hairy, with the vague suggestion of a white marking on the back.

and there is a single apophysis, or appendage, on the pedipalp tibia, which enables it to be distinguished from other Aelurillinae.