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
- On a collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the island of Seili, with a new record for the Finnish fauna and a list of species from the island (2022)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On a small collection of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with new species and records (2022)
- Zoodiversity
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The first record of Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae: Araneidae) in Finland (2022)
- Sahlbergia: Hyönteistieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist (2022)
- Systematics and Biodiversity
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The global spread of misinformation on spiders (2022)
- Current Biology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Amateur venom-extraction business may hasten extinction of scorpions (2021)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran (2021)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from northeastern Pakistan (2021)
- Evolutionary Systematics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 'Burning Violin': The Medically Important Spider Genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, With Two New Species (2021)
- Journal of Medical Entomology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Further studies on harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Iran, with the descriptions of two new species (2021)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII (2021)
- Zoosystematica Rossica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxa of six families of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran (2021)
- Zoology in the Middle East
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations (2021)
- European Journal of Taxonomy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species (2021)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Three new species of spiders (Aranei) from Iran (2021)
- Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Two new species of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Aranei) from the Caucasus and northern Iran (2021)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Two new species of Theridiidae from Iran, and the revalidation of Enoplognatha submargarita Yaginuma & Zhu, 1992 (Arachnida: Araneae) (2021)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species (2020)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new and easternmost species of Loureedia (Aranei: Eresidae) from Iran (2020)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of wolf spiders of the genus Lycosa (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Iran (2020)
- Zoosystematica Rossica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



