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 Nyssodesmus attemsi Hoffman, 1960 Nyssodesmus attemsi Hoffman, 1960 : 27 , Fig. 1d (original description). Types : holotype from Costa Rica : Puerto Armuelles; G. W. Martin , 5-VIII-1952 . Deposited at the NMNH , cat. no. 2468 ( Hoffman 1960; D. DeRoche, pers. comm. ). Distribution: known only from the type locality.