Order Primates Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 243 277 book chapter 193461 10.5281/zenodo.7353122 0df816bd-0cef-463a-94c2-b03e13ea7128 1-56098-217-9 7353122 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) .