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The Hecke groups \(H(\lambda_q)\) are discrete subgroups of \(\text{PSL}(2,\mathbb{R})\), generated by \(R(z)=-1/z\) and \(T(z)=z+\lambda_q\), where \(\lambda_q=2\cos\pi/q\), \(q\geq 3\), \(q\in\mathbb{N}\). Each subgroup of \(H(\lambda_q)\) corresponds to a non-compact Riemann surface. A cycloidal subgroup is one with only one cusp. So it has a signature \((g;m_1,\dots,m_r,\infty)\) where \(g\) is the genus of the Riemann surface, and \(m_1,\dots,m_r\) are the orders of elliptic generators. Here it is shown that cycloidal subgroups correspond to cyclic quotients of \(H(\lambda_q)\). In the final section the total number of these subgroups for a given \(q\) is determined.