TY - JOUR
T1 - Type specimens matter
T2 - New insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex
AU - Zuccon, Dario
AU - Pons, Jean Marc
AU - Boano, Giovanni
AU - Chiozzi, Giorgio
AU - Gamauf, Anita
AU - Mengoni, Chiara
AU - Nespoli, Davide
AU - Olioso, Georges
AU - Pavia, Marco
AU - Pellegrino, Irene
AU - Raković, Marko
AU - Randi, Ettore
AU - Idrissi, Hamid Rguibi
AU - Touihri, Moez
AU - Unsöld, Markus
AU - Vitulano, Severino
AU - Brambilla, Mattia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Linnean Society of London,
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - We revise the taxonomy of the Sylvia cantillans complex, a group of phenotypically distinct warblers with mainly parapatric distributions around a large part of the Mediterranean basin. We redefine the species limits using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear markers and we objectively link available names to the genetically defined lineages by genotyping the surviving type specimens. In addition, the study of archival documents clarifies the exact composition of type series and provides further evidence for the identification of lost types. These results support the recognition of three species-level taxa: Moltoni’s warbler, Sylvia subalpina (north-central Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics); the western subalpine warbler, S. iberiae (North Africa, Iberia, southern France and extreme northwest Italy); and the eastern subalpine warbler, S. cantillans, with subspecies S. cantillans cantillans (southern Italy, Sicily) and S. cantillans albistriata (Balkans, Greece, western Turkey).
AB - We revise the taxonomy of the Sylvia cantillans complex, a group of phenotypically distinct warblers with mainly parapatric distributions around a large part of the Mediterranean basin. We redefine the species limits using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear markers and we objectively link available names to the genetically defined lineages by genotyping the surviving type specimens. In addition, the study of archival documents clarifies the exact composition of type series and provides further evidence for the identification of lost types. These results support the recognition of three species-level taxa: Moltoni’s warbler, Sylvia subalpina (north-central Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics); the western subalpine warbler, S. iberiae (North Africa, Iberia, southern France and extreme northwest Italy); and the eastern subalpine warbler, S. cantillans, with subspecies S. cantillans cantillans (southern Italy, Sicily) and S. cantillans albistriata (Balkans, Greece, western Turkey).
KW - Species limits
KW - Sylvia cantillans
KW - Taxonomy
KW - Types
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U2 - 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz169
DO - 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz169
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85097018004
SN - 0024-4082
VL - 190
SP - 314
EP - 341
JO - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
JF - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
IS - 1
ER -