The spider is similar to the related Padilla cornuta, but differs in lacking the chelicerae horns of the other species.

[3] The genus is a member of the subfamily Ballinae, and one of 15 genera in the tribe Ballini.

[6] In 2016, it had been grouped with 18 other genera of jumping spiders under the name Ballines by Jerzy Prószyński.

The brown carapace is covered with white scales and has a broad yellow stripe down the middle.

The spinnerets are also brown, as are the majority of the legs, apart from small yellow areas.

The palpal bulb has a retrolateral tibial apophysis that has a piece that sticks out, a hump in the middle and an embolus that coils around into two rings.

The epigyne has a no pocket, an atrium that is longer than it is wide and winding copulatory ducts.

[10] Daniela Andriamalala noted that these horns are likely to have a role in sexual selection.