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
- 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 BiologyZootaxa
(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)
- ZooKeysZoosystematica Rossica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new species of Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from northeastern Pakistan (2021)
- Evolutionary SystematicsZoology in the Middle East
(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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII (2021)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New taxa of six families of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran (2021)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



