Pithecia Desmarest 1804

Pithecia Desmarest 1804, Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Vol. 24: 8.

Type Species: Simia pithecia Linnaeus 1766

Synonyms: Calletrix Fleming 1822; Yarkea Lesson 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Pithecia aequatorialis Hershkovitz 1987

Species Pithecia albicans Gray 1860

Species Pithecia irrorata Gray 1842

Species Pithecia monachus E. Geoffroy 1812

Subspecies Pithecia monachus subsp. monachus E. Geoffroy 1812

Subspecies Pithecia monachus subsp. milleri J. A. Allen 1914

Species Pithecia pithecia (Linnaeus 1766)

Subspecies Pithecia pithecia subsp. pithecia Linnaeus 1766

Subspecies Pithecia pithecia subsp. chrysocephala I. Geoffroy 1850

Discussion: Revised by Hershkovitz (1987 d).