It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the short forked appendage on the male's palpal bulb, after which the spider gets its name.

The female has a distinctive arrangement of a deep pocket and separated copulatory openings in the epigyne.

[6] The species name is the Latin word for forked and refers to the shape of the appendages on the palpal bulb of the male.

[8] It has a brown oval carapace covered in scales and with white streaks that stretch from across its back.

it is distinguishable from other species by the deep central pocket, separated copulatory openings and lack of any depression on the epigyne.

[1][11] The holotype was identified in the Etosha National Park in KwaZulu-Natal based on a specimen collected in 1998.