 This genus was for a time included in the genus "Pseudicius", and the boundaries between both genera are disputed.In 2016 Jerzy Prószyński erected the genus "Psenuc" for some borderline species.The name "Afraflacilla" is combined from Africa, where most earlier described species were found, and "Flacilla" Simon, 1901, an obsolete salticid genus now called "Flacillula" Strand, 1932.