“Austrodecus
Body stout, and distinctly segmented, with lateral processes close together. Ocular tubercle anteriorly situated, long, with four well-developed eyes.
Proboscis immovably articulated to the trunk and ventral in position; long, tapering, slender.
Chelifori absent.
Palps 6-jointed.
Oviger 6-jointed ? no terminal claw.
Legs short; genital apertures on the second coxae of all the legs in female. (Male as yet unknown.)
I have considered the affinities of this and of the succeeding genus in the introduction to this memoir.” (Hodgson 1907, p.52)
