Named after the country where it was first found, it was first described in 2018 by Dmitri Logunov and Galina Azarkina.

The chelicerae and clypeus are brownish yellow, and feature white iridescent hairs.

[7] The male is similar to Stenaelurillus hirsutus, but differs in having wide vertical stripes on the clypeus and the narrowness of the embolus.

It is a pattern of brown elongated speckles and a long white spot on the top.

The copulatory openings are orientated transversely and line up close to a furrow in the middle of the epigyne.

[9] The female can be confused with Stenaelurillus iubatus, but can be distinguished by the longer pocket in the epigyne and shorter insemination ducts.

[1] The holotype was identified based on a specimen collected near Korhogo on the Bandama River in 1980.