Originally named Aelurillus jocquei, the spider was first described in 2011 by Wesołowska and Antony Russell-Smith.

The male has a thin embolus that is hidden by the hairy palpal bulb while the female has complex highly sclerotized copulatory ducts and a large pocket in the epigyne.

It was originally termed Aelurillus jocquei when it was first described by the arachnologists Wesołowska and Antony Russell-Smith in 2011.

[5] It was listed in the subtribe Aelurillina in the tribe Aelurillini, both named after the genus, by Wayne Maddison in 2015.

[7] In 2020, Galina Azarkina raised a new genus in the subtribe Aelurillina called Manzuma.

[11] The palpal bulb is oval and the embolus is thin, hidden within dense hairs.

[4] The female is particularly similar to Aelurillus reconditus, differing in the larger pocket in the epigyne.

The male can be confused with Rafalus lymphus but has a longer embolus and darker legs.

[2] Manzuma jocquei has a species distribution that includes the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

[2] The spider was subsequently identified from samples that had been collected near Bambari in the Central African Republic in 1967.

Examples have also been found in Ivory Coast, from near Kossou, Man in 1974, Lamto Scientific Reserve in 1975, and Bouaké and Gagnoa in 1994.