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 dunalii ( Gervais, 1847 ) new combination Polydesmus Dunalii Gervais, 1847 : 109 (original description). Polydesmus ( Stenonia ) Dunalii : Peters 1864 : 543 (combination). Platyrrhacus Dunali : Brölemann 1900 : 113 , Pl. VII fig. 83–84 ( type information; combination; description). Types : ♂ holotype from Colombia , without further locality; J. Goudot leg. (Gervais 1 847; Brölemann 1900 ). Originally deposited in the MNHN , but we could not confirm its current state; it is not listed in their on-line database. Distribution: Colombia .