This spider is known from northwestern Kenya and southwestern Ethiopia, with records from dry scrub, caves and other sites.
The described male has distinct brown marks along the middle and sides of the upper front body, with a pair of dark lines below the eyes.
Females have been found in dry scrub and lakeside scrub, while males and females have been collected in a bat cave.
In July 1965, one male was collected inside concrete houses at Lokori.
Its sternum is brown with pale spots, and the abdomen has distinct patterns above and below.
Its thigh and shin segments have dark rings near their ends and pale tips.
Males have an additional pair of projections near the bases of the jaws near the mouth, besides the small pair nearer their tips.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.