First described in 2021 by Cheng Wang and Shuqiang Li, it was initially allocated to the genus Rhene.

In 2022, the species was acknowledged as the same as Rhenefictus tropicus and the two were synonymised under the current name.

The spider has a distinctive embolus on its palpal bulb that is coiled and whip-like, terminating in a pointed tip.

[4][5] The genus is part of the subtribe Dendryphantina in the tribe Dendryphantini, and is related to the genera Dendryphantes and Macaroeris.

[8] On reassessment the following year, it was found that Rhenefictus tropicus and Rhene wandae were identical species.

The two were combined, Rhenefictus tropicus being declared a synonym of the other species on the basis that it had appeared in a slightly later publication.

The coiled long whip-like embolus is distinctive for the species, particularly for its pointed end.

[1] The holotype for the species was found in Mengla County in Yunnan, China, in 2009.