This spider has many forest records, and males lack a central hair brush on the upper front body.
Males lack the central hair brush on the upper front body found in the similar Ph. luki.
It has been found in forest, roadside forest, and degraded forest.
Abdominal spots range from distinct to indistinct or absent.
Female eye groups lie closer together than male eye groups. The mark on the upper front body is usually split into two parts by a narrow pale median line.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.