It is distinguished from other members of the genus by the male's hook-shaped end to the embolus and the two depressions in the female epigyne.

[4] In 2015, Wayne Maddison placed it in the subtribe Aelurillina, which he positioned in the tribe Aelurillini within the clade Saltafresia.

[8] The shape of the abdomen differs from other species of Stenaelurillus, which are typically oblong, but it is most distinctive feature is the hook-shaped end to its and straight embolus.

[7] The carapace has a pair of white stripes and both the abdomen and eye field lack a metallic look.

The spider has also identified from samples taken from the Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, and the Nature Reserve at Lilongwe, Malawi.