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Barydesmus helophorus Recuero & Sánchez-Vialas 2018, new combination

Description

Barydesmus helophorus (Attems, 1899) new combination

Platyrrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899: 338, Pl. XIV, fig. 322 (original description).

Platyrhacus (Tirodesmus) helophorus: Attems 1938: 239, fig. 264 (combination; description; distribution).

Types: ♂ holotype from unknown origin. Deposited at the ZMH, cat. no. ZMH-A0000891 (D. Harms, pers. Comm.).

Distribution: according to Attems (1938), found on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (San Antonio).

Notes

Published as part of Recuero, Ernesto & Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, 2018, A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae, pp. 245-273 in Zootaxa 4482 (2) on page 256, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1453225

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References

  • Attems, C. (1899) System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68, 251 - 436.
  • Attems, C. (1938) Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69, 1 - 487.