Barydesmus strenuus (Silvestri, 1897) Recuero & Sánchez-Vialas, 2018

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, Zootaxa 4482 (2), pp. 245-273 : 260

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5963473
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A187BE-CD0B-FFFF-FF35-FF007F77FDFE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Barydesmus strenuus (Silvestri, 1897)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Barydesmus strenuus (Silvestri, 1897) View in CoL new combination

Platyrrhachis strenuus Silvestri, 1897b: 19 View in CoL , Pl. III fig. 32a–c, 33–34 (original description).

Platyrhacus strenuus: Attems 1914: 260 View in CoL (taxonomic comment).

Platyrhacus (Tirodesmus) clathratus strenuus: Attems 1938: 233 View in CoL , fig. 253–254 (combination; description).

Types: ♂ holotype from Ecuador: Riobamba. Originally deposited at the MTK, cat. no. 292, it is currently missing; whether it was destroyed during World War II or on loan and never returned is unknown (A. Reimann, pers. comm.).

Distribution: known only from the type locality.

Comments: Attems (1914) suggested a possible synonymy with P. clathratus .