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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Gymnophthalminae
Tribus: Gymnophthalmini
Genus: Psilops
Species (3): P. mucugensis – P. paeminosus – P. seductus
Name

Psilops Rodrigues, Recoder, Teixeira Jr., Roscito, Guerrero, Nunes, Freitas, Fernandes, Bocchiglieri, Dal Vechio, Leite, Nogueira, Damasceno, Pellegrino, Argôlo & Amaro, 2017: 452 [replacement name]

Type species: Psilophthalmus paeminosus Rodrigues, 1991, by original designation.
Synonyms

Psilophthalmus Rodrigues, 1991: 321 [name preoccupied by Psilophthalmus Szépligeti, 1902]

References
Primary references

Rodrigues, M.T. 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. II. Psilophthalmus: um novo gênero de Microteiidae sem pálpebra (Sauria: Teiidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 37(20): 321–327. Reference page.
Rodrigues, M.T., Recoder, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Roscito, J.G., Guerrero, A.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Freitas, M.A., Fernandes, D.S., Bocchiglieri, A., Dal Vechio, F., Leite, F.S.F., Nogueira, C.C., Damasceno, R., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Argôlo, A.J.S. & Amaro, R.C. 2017. A morphological and molecular study of Psilops, a replacement name for the Brazilian microteiid lizard genus Psilophthalmus Rodrigues 1991 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4286(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.1 Reference page.

Psilops is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. They are endemic to Brazil.[1]
Species

Psilops mucugensis Rodrigues et. al., 2017
Psilops paeminosus Rodrigues, 1991
Psilops seductus Rodrigues et. al., 2017

References

Psilops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 December 2014.

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