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 Hoffmanorhacus sahlii ( Jeekel, 1980 ) Proaspis sahlii Jeekel, 1980 : 81 , figs 1–3 (original description); Mauriès 1980 : 1071 , figs 14–15 (taxonomic comments; gonopod figures; new records and ecological data); Mauriès 1988 : 348 , fig. 1B (taxonomic comments; distribution); Hoffman 1999 : 399 (taxonomic comments); Jeekel 2007 : 92 (taxonomic comment). Hoffmanorhacus sahlii : Shelley & Martínez-Torres 2013 : 484 , figs 6–10 (diagnosis and review). Types : ♂ holotype , ♀ allotype and 2 ♂ and 4 ♀ paratypes from France : Guadeloupe : Basse-Terre : " Parc naturel de Guadeloupe ", aux alentours de Morne Léger , Morne à Louis , Mamelle de Pigeon , Mamelle de Petit-Bourg , ca. 500–600 m ; Sahli leg., I-1976 and IX-1977 . Deposited at the NCBN ( Jeekel 1980 ). Distribution: known from humid forests between 200–1000 m in the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe .