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 chapini (Hoffman, 1953) Platyrhacus chapini Hoffman, 1953a : 254 , figs 1–3 (original description). Barydesmus chapini : Hoffman 1999 : 377 (combination). Types : holotype from Panama : Prov . Chiriquí : Los Siguas ; H. Pittier leg, 17-III-1911 . Deposited at the NMNH , cat. no. 2079 in the original description ( Hoffman 1953a ), 2097 in the NMNH database ( D. DeRoche , pers. comm.). Distribution: known only from the type locality.