A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae Author Recuero, Ernesto Author Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-18 4482 2 245 273 journal article 29192 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2 7f45fc71-fc58-4ca9-a320-5052c4aeba9d 1175-5326 1453225 E0375F43-9552-4FC7-B79B-DA8A9B1B3D42 Barydesmus rufipes ( Koch, 1847 ) new combination Platyrhacus rufipes Koch, 1847 : 132 (original description). Koch 1863 : 96 , Pl. XLIV fig. 86 (description). Polydesmus ( Stenonia ) rufipes : Saussure & Humbert 1872 : 154 (combination). Types : Type specimen from uncertain origin, " wahrscheinlich Brasilien " (likely from Brazil ). We lack information on its current location; it is most likely lost ( Hoffman 1953b ). Distribution: Unknown, perhaps Brazil .