Cyclopes, GRAY, 1821

Miranda, Flávia R., Casali, Daniel M., Perini, Fernando A., Machado, Fabio A. & Santos, Fabrício R., 2018, Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183, pp. 687-721 : 700

GENUS CYCLOPES GRAY, 1821

Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, 1758: 35 . In part.

Mirmecophaga Brongniart, 1792: 115 . In part. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Myrmecophaga Linnaeus, 1758 . Cyclopes Gray, 1821: 305 . Type species Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Cyclothurus Gray, 1825: 343 . Nomen nudum.

Didactyles F. Cuvier, 1829: 501 . Based on ‘Les Didactyles’.

Myrmydon Wagler, 1830: 36 . Type species Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy. Myrmecolichnus Reichenbach, 1836: 51 . Type species Myrmecolichnus didactylus Reichenbach, 1836 (= Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 ), by monotypy.

Eurypterna Gloger, 1841: 112 . Type species Eurypterna didactyla Gloger, 1841 (= Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 ), by monotypy.

Cyclothurus Lesson, 1842: 152 . Type species Cyclothurus didactyla Lesson, 1842 (= Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 ), by monotypy.

Myrmidon Cabrera, 1958: 206 . Attributed to Wagner 1844: 211. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Myrmydon Wagler, 1830 .

Cycloturus Sclater, 1871: 546 . Unjustified emendation of Cyclothurus Lesson, 1842 .

Didactyla Liais, 1872: 356 . Type species Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Mamcyclothurus Herrera, 1899: 19. Unavailable name ( Gardner 2007).

Cycloturus Goeldi & Hagmann, 1904: 97 . Incorrect spelling of Cyclothurus Lesson.

Type species: Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis: The smallest of vermilinguans, with average length of 430 mm and average mass of 235 g. Skull compact anteroposteriorly, with rostrum relatively short, not extremely elongated as other vermilinguans. Dense, silky pelage, manus with two well-developed digits and only four digits in the pes, presence of a prehensile tail. Jugals absent, zygomatic process of squamosal straight or dorsally inclined (instead of ventrally inclined, as in other vermilinguans), posterior margin of the palate formed by the palatines and not the pterygoids, extremely anteroposteriorly expanded ribs.

Remarks: See C. didactylus remarks below.