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 bifasciatus (Silvestri, 1897) new combination Platyrrhacus bifasciatus Silvestri, 1897a : 14 , fig. 40 (original description). Types : ♂ holotype from Ecuador : Valle del Santiago . The type material was originally at the MRSN , we could not confirm if it is currently deposited in their collection. Distribution: known only from the type locality.