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
- 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) - A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera (2020)
- Arachnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia (2020)
- Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



