Stenaelurillus ignobilis

Only the female has been described.^[1] The spider is medium-sized. The brown carapace is typically 2.6 mm (0.10 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide and is covered with long brown bristles. It has a pattern of light stripes on the darker thorax and white hairs around the eye field. The abdomen is a generally black with a lighter stripe that goes down the middle of it. It is covered with very light hairs, which are almost invisible, and long brown bristles along one edge. It is larger than the carapace and measures 3.4 mm (0.13 in) in length and 2.7 mm (0.11 in) in width. The clypeus is also fringed with white hairs, while the long spinnerets are covered in dark hairs. The legs are orange and have both brown hairs and spines. The epigyne has a distinctive arrangement of two round depressions that are situated close to each other and plugged with a waxy substance. The seminal ducts are short and recepticles rounded.^[7] The gonopores are hidden in deep impressions that are reminiscent of cups.^[8]

The species is very similar to other members of the genus, but can be distinguished by the structure of the epigyne.^[9] In particular, the spider is very similar to Stenaelurillus mirabilis from Tanzania, but the way that the gonopores are hidden enables them to be told apart.^[7]

The species is endemic to Zimbabwe.^[10] The holotype was identified in the Sengwa Wildlife Research Area based on a specimen collected by Meg Cumming between 2001 and 2002.^[11] It is known only from that local area.^[9]