Alireza Zamani
Ph.D.
alireza.zamani@utu.fi Office: 163 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-9666 |
Arachnology; Evolutionary Biology; Taxonomy; Systematics; Faunistics
I am an arachnologist with expertise in spider systematics and biogeography, primarily specializing in the fauna of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Central Asia. Over the course of my career, I have described and named more than 200 arachnid taxa from various countries across South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This research contributes to our understanding of arachnid diversity, as well as their geographical distribution patterns and evolutionary relationships. Additionally, I have actively contributed to research projects and published papers in other fields such as functional morphology, phylogeography, ecology, and theoretical concepts of taxonomy.
Arachnids of Finland
- Arthropod diversity in Iran: Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 (excl. Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 and Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909) (2025)
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Copulatory Mechanics Reveals a Self‐Bracing Mechanism via a Femoral Apophysis in Funnel Weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) (2025)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Different, but still the same: integrative taxonomy confirms a new species of Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Eresidae) from the South Caucasus (2025)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (2025)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First Nordic record of Pandava laminata (Araneae: Titanoecidae), with a synopsis of anthropochorous species of spiders in Finland (2025)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan (2025)
- Journal of Natural History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) attacking and eating vertebrates: an update (2025)
- Journal of Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII (2025)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic (2025)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxonomic and faunistic data on Moroccan spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including the description of five new species (2025)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



