original description
(of Platyrhacus obscurus Kraus, 1955) Kraus, O. (1955). Myriapoden aus Peru, III. Senckenbergiana biologica, 36: 173-200. Frankfurt am Main
page(s): 186, Pl. 18 figs 29–31, Abb. 1 [details]
new combination reference
Recuero, E.; Sánchez-Vialas, A. (2018). A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4482(2): 245-273., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2
page(s): p. 257; note: Assigned to the genus Barydesmus [details] Available for editors 
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