Alireza Zamani
Ph.D.
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
- Redescription of Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938) (Blattodea, Blattidae), with a comparative analysis of three species of Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (sensu stricto) (2023)
- ZooKeys
- Redescriptions of two poorly known species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1968 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Uzbekistan (2023)
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
- Spiders of Iran – Systematics, diversity and distribution
Zamani, Alireza (2023-05-12) (2023) Zamani Alireza - The Effect of Sampling Bias on Evaluating the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Iranian Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) (2023)
- Diversity
- The first case of an abnormally developed bulb in Dictynidae, and the first case of a malformed conductor in spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) (2023)
- Arthropoda Selecta
- A new genus of Zodariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan (2022)
- Journal of Natural History
- A new species of Plator Simon, 1880 from Pakistan, with a supplementary description of P. pandeae Tikader, 1969 (Araneae: Trochanteriidae) (2022)
- Revue Suisse de Zoologie
- An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites (2022)
- Scientific Data
- DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species (2022)
- Systematic Entomology
- Framing the future for taxonomic monography: Improving recognition, support, and access (2022)
- Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
- New cases of teratological deformities in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) (2022)
- Arachnology
- New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq (2022)
- Evolutionary Systematics
- New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part IX (2022)
- Arachnology
- New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part X (2022)
- Arachnology
- New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) (2022)
- Zootaxa
- New taxonomic considerations in Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae), with notes on the presence of cymbial diverticulum in different zodariid genera (2022)
- Zootaxa
- New taxonomic data on Zodariinae (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (2022)
- Zootaxa
- 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
- On a small collection of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with new species and records (2022)
- Zoodiversity
- The first record of Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae: Araneidae) in Finland (2022)
- Sahlbergia: Hyönteistieteellinen Aikakauslehti