It is similar to Stenaelurillus mirabilis but can be distinguished by the design of the epigyne, and particularly the way that the gonopores are hidden in deep cup-like depressions.

[4] It was placed in the subtribe Aelurillina in the tribe Aelurillini in the clade Saltafresia by Wayne Maddison in 2015.

It has a pattern of light stripes on the darker thorax and white hairs around the eye field.

The epigyne has a distinctive arrangement of two round depressions that are situated close to each other and plugged with a waxy substance.

[9] In particular, the spider is very similar to Stenaelurillus mirabilis from Tanzania, but the way that the gonopores are hidden enables them to be told apart.

[10] The holotype was identified in the Sengwa Wildlife Research Area based on a specimen collected by Meg Cumming between 2001 and 2002.