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 tapichus ( Chamberlin, 1941 ) new combination Aymaresmus tapichus Chamberlin, 1941 : 496 , fig. 178–182 (original description). Platyrhacus tapichus : Jeekel 1963 : 90 (combination). Types : holotype from Peru : Contayo ; 20-XI-1926 . Deposited at the AMNH , cat. no. 9490 ( Chamberlin 1941 ), we could not confirm its current state. Distribution: Dep. Loreto , Ecuador .