A small spider, between 3.35 and 5 mm (0.132 and 0.197 in) long, it has a large range that stretches across Southern Europe, Africa and Central Asia.

Originally allocated to the genus Attus, the species was first identified by Eugène Simon in 1868.

The original description was solely of the female, and the male was misidentified as a new species, Attus gemellus, when first described by Simon in 1873.

[5] The spider was first identified based on examples found in France, which is also the western extremity of its range.

[6] The species has been found in an area that stretches across Southern Europe, Africa and Central Asia.