Pithecia Desmarest, 1804 . Tabi. Meth. Hist Nat., in Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24:8.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia pithecia Linnaeus, 1766 .

SYNONYMS: Callitrix; Yarkea Lesson, 1840 .

COMMENTS: Revised by Hershkovitz (1987d).