Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 243-277 : 263

Cercopithecus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:26.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia diana Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Allochrocebus ; Callithrix Erxleben ; Cercocephalus, Diademia, Diana, Insignicebus ; Lasiopyga Reichenbach ; Melanocebus, Mona ; Monichus Reichenbach ; Neocebus, Otopithecus, Petaurista, Pogonocebus, Rhinosticteus, Rhinostigma .

COMMENTS: Dandelot (1974:14) included Allenopithecus , Erythrocebus , and Miopithecus in this genus; but see Groves (1978b) and Corbet and Hill (1980:89) who considered them to be distinct genera; Szalay and Delson (1979) considered Miopithecus a subgenus of Cercopithecus . Van Gelder (1977b:8) included Cercocebus , Papio , and Theropithecus in this genus, but see Groves (1978b), Ansell (1978:33), and Cronin and Meikle (1979:259). Designated as a subgroup of Simia by Linnaeus; type species S. diana designated by Stiles and Orleman (1926:52). Simia was suppressed by Opinion 114 of the International Commision on Zoological Nomenclature (1929c).