It is distinguished from other members of the genus by the comb-like appendage on the male's palpal bulb, after which the spider gets its name.

[4] It was placed in the subtribe Aelurillina in the tribe Aelurillini by Wayne Maddison in 2015, which is itself part of the clade Saltafresia.

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

Two stripes of white hairs line the edge which looks like brushes and another two cross the thorax.

It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by its comb like appendages on the embolus, which is thin and delicate.

[1][9][10] The holotype was identified near Lusaka, Zambia, based on a specimen collected in 1979.