Cyclopes didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America australi;" restricted to Surinam by Thomas (1911a) .

DISTRIBUTION: México (Veracruz and Oaxaca) to Colombia and west of Andes to S Ecuador, east of Andes to Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and S Colombia and Venezuela, south to Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and Brazil (Acre east to Alagoas).

SYNONYMS: catellus Thomas, 1928; codajazensis Lönnberg, 1942; dorsalis Gray, 1865; eva Thomas, 1902; ida Thomas, 1900; juruanus Lönnberg, 1942; melini Lönnberg, 1928; mexicanus Hollister, 1914; monodactyla Kerr, 1792; unicolor Desmarest, 1822 .