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
- The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran (2015)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Contribution to the distribution of spiders with significant medical importance (Araneae: Loxosceles and Latrodectus) in Iran, with a new record for the country (2014)
- Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First Record of the Mediterranean Recluse Spider Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Iran (2014)
- Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First report of a mermithid nematode (Enoplea: Mermithida) parasitizing the crab spider Heriaeus spinipalpus (Araneae: Thomisidae) (2014)
- Acta Arachnologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae) (2014)
- Zoology in the Middle East
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The spitting spider genus Scytodes (Araneae: Scytodidae) in Iran Die Speispinnengattung Scytodes (Araneae: Scytodidae) im Iran (2014)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Three new species of mygalomorph and filistatid spiders from Iran (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Nemesiidae and Filistatidae) (2014)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New record of the Mediterranean Recluse Spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) and its bite from Khorasan Province, NE Iran (Aranei: Sicariidae) (2013)
- Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



