Wielstra B, Litvinchuk S N, Naumov B, Tzankov N, Arntzen J W
Zootaxa. 2013;3682:441-53. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.5.
We present a taxonomic revision of the crested newt Triturus karelinii sensu lato. Based on the presence of discrete nuclear DNA gene pools, deep genetic divergence of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, and no indication of gene flow, we interpret this taxon as comprising two species: one covering the southern Caspian Sea shore, the Caucasus and the Crimea, i.e. the eastern part of the total range and another covering northern Asiatic Turkey and western Asiatic Turkey plus the southeastern Balkan Peninsula, i.e. the central and western part of the total range. We acknowledge that the central/western species should likely be further subdivided into a central and a western taxon, but we prefer to await a more detailed genetic analysis of the putative contact zone, positioned in northwestern Asiatic Turkey. The name T. karelinii (Strauch, 1870) applies to the eastern species as the type locality is positioned along the coast of the Gulf of Gorgan, Iran. The name T. arntzeni has been applied to the central/western species with Vrtovać, Serbia as the type locality. We show that not T. karelinii sensu lato but T. macedonicus occurs at Vrtovać. Hence, the name T. arntzeni Litvinchuk, Borkin, Dzukić and Kalezić, 1999 (in Litvinchuk et al., 1999) is a junior synonym of T. macedonicus (Karaman, 1922) and should not be used for the central/western species. We propose the name T. ivanbureschi sp. nov. for the central/western species and provide a formal species description.
我们对冠欧螈广义的卡氏冠欧螈（Triturus karelinii sensu lato）进行了分类修订。基于离散的核DNA基因库的存在、线粒体和核DNA的深度遗传分化以及无基因流的迹象，我们将这个分类单元解释为包含两个物种：一个覆盖里海南岸、高加索地区和克里米亚，即整个分布范围的东部地区，另一个覆盖亚洲土耳其北部、亚洲土耳其西部以及巴尔干半岛东南部，即整个分布范围的中部和西部地区。我们承认中部/西部物种可能应进一步细分为一个中部和一个西部分类单元，但我们更倾向于等待对位于亚洲土耳其西北部的假定接触区进行更详细的遗传分析。卡氏冠欧螈（T. karelinii）（施特劳赫，1870年）这个名称适用于东部物种，因为其模式产地位于伊朗戈尔甘湾沿岸。阿氏冠欧螈（T. arntzeni）这个名称已被用于中部/西部物种，模式产地为塞尔维亚的弗尔托瓦茨。我们表明，在弗尔托瓦茨出现的不是广义的卡氏冠欧螈，而是马其顿冠欧螈（T. macedonicus）。因此，阿氏冠欧螈（T. arntzeni）利特温丘克、博尔金、朱基奇和卡莱齐奇，1999年（在利特温丘克等人，1999年）是马其顿冠欧螈（T. macedonicus）（卡拉曼，1922年）的次异名，不应再用于中部/西部物种。我们为中部/西部物种提议新物种名伊万·布雷什奇冠欧螈（T. ivanbureschi sp. nov.）并提供了正式的物种描述。
