Otherwise, they are similar, generally dark brown but with white stripes, made of hairs, down the middle and the along the sides of the top of both the carapace and abdomen.

The pattern on the abdomen helps distinguish the spider from the related Pseudicius maculatus.

The male has a shorter curved embolus and a characteristic tooth near the base of the tibial apophysis, or spike on the palpal tibia.

The genus name is related to two Greek words that can be translated false and honest.

[3] As they are superficially similar, Ekaterina Andreeva, Stefania Hęciak and Jerzy Prószyński looked to combine the genera in 1984.

[4] The two genera have similar spermathecal structure but work by Wayne Maddison in 1987 demonstrated that they have very different DNA.

The spider's slender, flattened body is divided into two main parts: the cephalothorax and the abdomen.

The carapace, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, and the sternum, or underside, are both dark brown oval.

White hairs form stripes that mark the edges of the carapace and a thin band that stretches from the front of the eyes all the way to the back.

The palpal tibia has a wide scoop-like spike, called the tibial apophysis, which has a characteristic additional tooth towards its root.

The copulatory openings are on the edges and lead to wide winding insemination ducts and large spermathecae.

Other examples, both female and male, have been identified in the De Hoop Nature Reserve in Western Cape in 2004.

[18] The spider is foliage-dwelling and thrives in shrubs in fynbos, particularly in forests of Eucalyptus trees.