Queubus Barnard, 1946

Bamber, Roger N. & Steffani, Nina, 2007, A new species of Queubus Barnard, 1946 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from Namibia, Zootaxa 1531, pp. 57-61 : 58

Genus Queubus Barnard, 1946

Revised diagnosis (modified from Barnard, 1954, p.156): octopodous; body distinctly segmented. Abdomen articulating with fourth trunk segment. Proboscis with basal flexible peduncle, tapering or bulbous. Chelifores absent. Palp absent in both genders or present (two-articled) in the male. Oviger of 10 articles with terminal claw, article 5 bulbous. Legs robust, coxa 2 longer than coxa 1 or 3, femur swollen; propodus with or without heel; main claw robust; auxiliary claws absent. Ventrodistal gonopore on coxae of last two pairs of legs.