[1][2] This tarantula differs from P. bromelicola by having a slender fourth metatarsus, without stiff bristles, and pink coloured legs with black tarsi.
In larger individuals carapace border and dorsum of chelicerae, coxae and trochantera are light brown.
The clear part of abdomen is now of a vivid red, and the black stripes remain.
Adult female is completely brown with long pinkish setae on legs, carapace and chelicerae.
Adult male carapace, chelicerae and legs are brown and covered by pinkish setae, except for the tarsi and a stripe on metatarsi that are black.