Cyclopes Gray, 1821 . London Med. Repos., 15:305.

TYPE SPECIES: Myrmecophaga didactyla Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Cyclothurus Lesson, 1842; Didactyla Liais, 1872; Didactyles F. Cuvier, 1829; Eurypterna Gloger, 1841; Myrmydon Wagler, 1830 .