Alireza Zamani
Ph.D.
Areas of expertise
Arachnology; Evolutionary Biology; Taxonomy; Systematics; Faunistics
Arachnology; Evolutionary Biology; Taxonomy; Systematics; Faunistics
Biography
Research
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.
Teaching
Arachnids of Finland
Publications
- New data on cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran, with new species and records (2023)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan (2023)
- Journal of Natural History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Notes on Dysderidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Armenia and Iran, with new species and records (2023)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Redescription of Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938) (Blattodea, Blattidae), with a comparative analysis of three species of Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (sensu stricto) (2023)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan (2023)
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spiders of Iran – Systematics, diversity and distribution
Zamani, Alireza (2023-05-12) (2023) Zamani Alireza
(G5 Article dissertation ) - The Effect of Sampling Bias on Evaluating the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Iranian Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) (2023)
- Diversity
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The first case of an abnormally developed bulb in Dictynidae, and the first case of a malformed conductor in spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) (2023)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new genus of Zodariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan (2022)
- Journal of Natural History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Plator Simon, 1880 from Pakistan, with a supplementary description of P. pandeae Tikader, 1969 (Araneae: Trochanteriidae) (2022)
- Revue Suisse de Zoologie
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites (2022)
- Scientific Data
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species (2022)
- Systematic Entomology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Framing the future for taxonomic monography: Improving recognition, support, and access (2022)
- Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New cases of teratological deformities in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) (2022)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq (2022)
- Evolutionary Systematics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part IX (2022)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part X (2022)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) (2022)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxonomic considerations in Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae), with notes on the presence of cymbial diverticulum in different zodariid genera (2022)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxonomic data on Zodariinae (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (2022)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



