In Gabonese forests, adults of this spider build webs mainly among large tree buttresses, while juveniles also use vegetation.
The described male has an ochre-yellow carapace with a brown rear mark and brown side margins.
It has been found both in well-preserved forests and in disturbed forest patches.
Adults build large webs mainly among tree buttresses, while juveniles often build more exposed webs among vegetation.
At Mayebout it shared the forest with the similar Smeringopina mayebout, but was collected among buttresses while that species was found more in hollow trees and ground cavities.
Near Bongoville and Moudouma, spiders fled extremely rapidly at slight disturbance; at the entrance of Pahon Pira cave, they only vibrated.
Its legs are ochre-yellow, with whitish femoral and tibial tips. The rings near the ends and around the knees are slightly darker, with the near-end rings indistinct.
Its ochre-grey abdomen has a distinct black pattern on the back, sides and underside.
In females, the area above the mouth varies in darkness and is often darker than in males.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.