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

eye field is black and is surrounded by long brown bristles.

[8] It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by its wide and relatively short palpal bulb, and the fact that the embolus is almost completely hidden.

[7] The carapace is also pear-shaped and dark brown, but has two white streaks that extend from the front to back.

[11] The epigyne distinguishes the species from the otherwise similar Stenaelurillus kavango, particularly its shorter insemination ducts and round spermathecae.

[12] The species was first identified in Democratic Republic of the Congo based on examples found in Katanga Province in 1974.