Ateles É. Geoffroy, 1806 . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1:262.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia paniscus Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Ameranthropoides Montandon; Atelocheirus; Montaneia Ameghino; Paniscus, Sapaja.

COMMENTS: All Ateles are considered conspecific by Hernandez-Camacho and Cooper (1976:66).