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 kerri Cook, 1896 Barydesmus kerri Cook, 1896a : 53 (original description). Platyrhacus kerri : Hoffman 1960 : 21 , figs 1a–b (combination; description; taxonomic comments). Types : ♂ holotype from Ecuador , without further locality. Deposited at the NMNH , cat. no. 2380 ( Hoffman 1960; D. DeRoche, pers. comm. ). Distribution: Ecuador , without a precise locality.