The species is similar to the related Pseudicius procerus but differs in its copulatory organs.

The female has two pockets at the front of the epigyne and short seminal ducts leading to large receptacles.

Pseudicius matabelensis is a jumping spider that was first described by the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska in 2011.

[4] The genus was provisionally placed alongside Icius that, despite looking superficially similar, has a different etymology.

[5][6] Indeed, Ekaterina Andreeva, Stefania Hęciak and Jerzy Prószyński looked to combine the genera in 1984.

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

The carapace is oval, flat and dark brown with a covering of delicate colourless hairs.

The spider has an elongated epigyne with a large deep central depression and two pockets placed to the fore.

[14] The internal structure of the copulatory organs is complex, with short and narrow seminal ducts leading to very large, wide and heavily sclerotized receptacles.

The female has shorter and narrower seminal ducts and the pockets on the epigyne are positioned more to the front.

The species was identified in Namibia based on male and female examples found near Lüderitz in 1990 and Maltahöhe in 1992.

[14] The first example to be found in South Africa was collected in 2014 in the Ndumo Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.