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
- A checklist of subterranean arthropods of Iran (2017)
- Subterranean Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Additions to the crab spider fauna of Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae) Ergänzungen zur krabbenspinnenfauna des Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae) (2017)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosa) from Iran (2017)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Iranian caves (2017)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Description of a new species of Hersiliola and the male of Duninia rheimsae Marusik & Fet, 2009 from Iran (Araneae: Hersiliidae) (2017)
- Turkish Journal of Zoology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First description of the male of the easternmost Harpactea species, H. parthica (Araneae: Dysderidae) (2017)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Further spider (Arachnida: Araneae) material deposited in Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran (AZMI), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (2017)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part IV (2017)
- Acta Arachnologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part V (2017)
- Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On two poorly known Eurasian dictynid species (Aranei: Dictynidae), with a description of a new genus (2017)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Six new species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran (2017)
- Oriental Insects
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The spider genus Oecobius in Iran, with description of two new species (Araneae: Oecobiidae) (2017)
- Oriental Insects
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species and new distribution records of Zaitunia from Iran (Araneae: Filistatidae) (2016)
- Zoology in the Middle East
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Paratheuma (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Southwestern Asia and transfer of the genus (2016)
- Zoology in the Middle East
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Sahastata from southern Iran (Aranei: Filistatidae) (2016)
- Vestnik zoologii
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Spariolenus from South Iran (Aranei: Sparassidae) (2016)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A study on the spider fauna of Dargaz and Kalat Counties in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran (Arachnida: Araneae) (2016)
- Biharean Biologist
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A survey of Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran with description of one new genus and two new species (2016)
- Journal of Natural History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First record of Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 for the fauna of Iran (Araneae: Filistatidae) (2016)
- Biharean Biologist
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), part III (2016)
- Arthropoda Selecta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)