The female can be distinguished from the related Mexcala quadrimaculata in its widely spaced depressions in the epigyne.

Mexcala ovambo is a jumping spider that was first described by the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska in 2009, one of over 500 species she identified during her career.

[2][3] The genus was a member of the tribe Heliophaninae alongside Pseudicius and Cosmophasis, which was absorbed into Chrysillini by Wayne Maddison in 2015.

The epigyne has two rounded widely spaced openings leading to curved seminal ducts.

[1] The species is similar to Mexcala quadrimaculata, but differs in the more widely spaced depressions in the epigyne.

[15] The chelicerae have short thick spines on them that may be used for digging holes to act as underground hiding places.

[16] It uses visual displays during courtship and transmits vibratory signals through silk to communicate to other spiders.