 The first fossils, discovered in Kington, include the prosoma (head) and fragmentary remains of the nine first segments.Salter noted a scale-like sculpturing on its forward margin and related the species to "H. lanceolatus" (now tentatively placed in the genus "Nanahughmilleria").He decided to dedicate the specific name "banksii" to Richard Banks of Kington, who found several well-preserved specimens of "Himantopterus" and sent them to Salter.