Palp female: densely provided with large spines. Male: without tegular apophysis. Cymbium with basally broad process. Tibial apophysis situated ventrally and with 2 lobes, the ventral one hook-shaped, the retrolateral plate-shaped. Both ends blunt. Embolus whip-like bent, with dorsally directed tip. Epigyne with ± triangular epigynal groove, laterally marked with strong chitinous wall. May vary considerably in shape. Vulva with oval to kidney-shaped transverse sacs. Partly with dark glandular secretion. Prosoma dark brown, with striking Y- or V-shaped cream coloured pattern. Female: grey to dark grey, high contrastic, split up in 3 stripes. Sternum brown to dark brown, brown at margin. Chelicerae brown to dark brown, with broad transverse stripes or beige and brown spots. Frontally with long, very fine spine. Legs dark brown, with irregular cream coloured spots. Opisthosoma black-grey, oval. Dorsally with bright, slightly sinuate leaf pattern (partly completely bright specimens, then spotted with grey). Margin white to grey. Spinnerets brown to grey-brown.

Body length male: 3.8-4.4 mm, Body length female: 4.3-5.1 mm

in subalpine regions
Very rarely found