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 alboalatus Cook, 1896 Nyssodesmus alboalatus Cook, 1896a : 53 (original description); Moritz & Fischer 1978 : 111 ( type information); Hoffman, 1999 : 378 (provides type locality information). Types : ♂ holotype from Costa Rica : Prov. Heredia : Puerto Viejo ; Biolley leg., IV-1892 . Deposited at the ZMB , cat. no. 1391, in the alcohol collection ( Moritz & Fischer 1978; J. A. Dunlop, pers. comm. ). Distribution: Known only from the type locality.