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Pitheciidae
Taxonomy
Pitheciidae was named by Mivart (1865). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Opazo et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pitheciinae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987), MacPhee and Horovitz (2002) and Barnett (2005).
It was assigned to Atelidae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987) and MacPhee and Horovitz (2002); to Haplorrhini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Cebidae by Hershkovitz (1974) and Barnett (2005); to Platyrrhini by MacPhee et al. (2003) and Opazo et al. (2006); and to Primates by Gualda-Barros et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pitheciinae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987), MacPhee and Horovitz (2002) and Barnett (2005).
It was assigned to Atelidae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987) and MacPhee and Horovitz (2002); to Haplorrhini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Cebidae by Hershkovitz (1974) and Barnett (2005); to Platyrrhini by MacPhee et al. (2003) and Opazo et al. (2006); and to Primates by Gualda-Barros et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Pitheciidae Mivart |
| 1974 | Pithecinae Hershkovitz |
| 1987 | Pitheciinae Setoguchi and Rosenberger p. 692 |
| 2002 | Pitheciinae MacPhee and Horovitz |
| 2003 | Pitheciidae MacPhee et al. p. 15 |
| 2005 | Pitheciinae Barnett p. 1 |
| 2005 | Pitheciidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Pitheciidae Opazo et al. p. 276 |
| 2012 | Pitheciidae Gualda-Barros et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Pitheciidae Mivart 1865
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G. Cacajao Lesson 1840 [uakari]
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Cacajao calvus Geoffroy 1847 [bald uacari]
Cacajao hosomi Boubli et al. 2008
Cacajao melanocephalus Humboldt 1811 [black-headed uacari]
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Invalid names: Ouakaria spixii Gray 1849 [synonym]
Cacajao melanocephalus ayresi Boubli et al. 2008
Cacajao ouakary Spix 1823 [olden-backed black-faced uacari]
Invalid names: Brachyurus Spix 1823 [replaced], Cercoptochus Gloger 1842 [synonym], Cothurus Palmer 1899 [synonym], Neocothurus Palmer 1903 [synonym], Ouakaria Gray 1849 [synonym], Uacaria Flower and Lydekker 1891 [synonym]
Subfm. Callicebinae Pocock 1925
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G. Callicebus Thomas 1903 [titi]
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Callicebus barbarabrownae Hershkovitz 1990 [Barbara Browns titi]
Callicebus coimbrai Kobayashi and Langguth 1999
Callicebus melanochir Wied-Neuwied 1820 [Southern Bahian titi]
Callicebus nigrifrons Spix 1823
Callicebus personatus Geoffroy 1812
G. Cheracebus Byrne et al. 2016 [titi monkeys]
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Cheracebus lucifer Thomas 1914
Cheracebus lugens Humboldt 1811
Cheracebus medemi Hershkovitz 1963
Cheracebus purinus Thomas 1927
Cheracebus regulus Thomas 1927
Cheracebus torquatus Hoffmannsegg 1807
G. Plecturocebus Byrne et al. 2016
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Plecturocebus aureipalatii Wallace et al. 2006
Plecturocebus baptista Lönnberg 1939
Plecturocebus bernhardi van Roosmalen et al. 2002
Plecturocebus brunneus Wagner 1842
Plecturocebus caquetensis Defler et al. 2010
Plecturocebus cinerascens Spix 1823
Plecturocebus cupreus Spix 1823
Plecturocebus discolor Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire and Deville 1848
Plecturocebus donacophilus d'Orbigny 1836
Plecturocebus hoffmannsi Thomas 1908
Plecturocebus miltoni Dalponte et al. 2014
Plecturocebus modestus Lönnberg 1939
Plecturocebus moloch Hoffmannsegg 1807
Plecturocebus oenanthe Thomas 1924
Plecturocebus olallae Lönnberg 1939
Plecturocebus ornatus Gray 1866
Plecturocebus pallescens Thomas 1907
Plecturocebus stephennashi van Roosmalen et al. 2002
Plecturocebus toppini Thomas 1914
Plecturocebus urubambensis Vermeer and Tello-Alvarado 2015
Plecturocebus vieirai Gualda-Barros et al. 2012
G. Chiropotes Lesson 1840 [bearded saki]
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Chiropotes albinasus Geoffroy and Deville 1848 [white-nosed saki]
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Invalid names: Cacajao roosevelti Allen 1914 [synonym]
Chiropotes chiropotes Humboldt 1811
Chiropotes israelita Spix 1823
Chiropotes sagulatus Traill 1821
Chiropotes satanas Hoffmannsegg 1807
Chiropotes utahickae Hershkovitz 1985
G. †Paralouatta Rivero and Amedondo 1991
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†Paralouatta marianae MacPhee et al. 2003
†Paralouatta varonai Rivero and Arredondo 1991
G. Pithecia Desmarest 1804 [saki]
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Pithecia aequatorialis Hershkovitz 1987
Pithecia albicans Gray 1860
Pithecia cazuzai Marsh 2014
Pithecia chrysocephala Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1850
Pithecia hirsuta Spix 1823
Pithecia inusta Spix 1823
Pithecia irrorata Gray 1842
Pithecia isabela Marsh 2014
Pithecia milleri Allen 1914
Pithecia mittermeieri Marsh 2014
Pithecia monachus Geoffroy 1812 [monk saki]
Pithecia napensis Lönnberg 1938
Pithecia pissinattii Marsh 2014
Pithecia pithecia Linnaeus 1766
Pithecia rylandsi Marsh 2014
Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz 1987
Tr. Pitheciini Gray 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available