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
- A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from western Iran (2018)
- Zootaxa
- Description of a new pseudoscorpion, Parolpium litoreum sp. n. (Pseudoscorpiones: Olpiidae) from southern Islands of Iran (2018)
- Arthropoda Selecta
- Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran (2018)
- Zootaxa
- New species and records of Filistatidae (Arachnida: Aranei) from Iran (2018)
- Arthropoda Selecta
- The first report on the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of the lut desert, Iran (2018)
- Acta Arachnologica
- The spider genus Pterotricha in Iran, with the description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) (2018)
- ZooKeys
- The spider genus Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in the United Arab Emirates (2018)
- Evolutionary Systematics
- A checklist of subterranean arthropods of Iran (2017)
- Subterranean Biology
- Additions to the crab spider fauna of Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae) Ergänzungen zur krabbenspinnenfauna des Iran (Araneae: Thomisidae) (2017)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
- A new species of burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosa) from Iran (2017)
- Zootaxa
- A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Iranian caves (2017)
- Zootaxa
- 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
- First description of the male of the easternmost Harpactea species, H. parthica (Araneae: Dysderidae) (2017)
- Zootaxa
- Further spider (Arachnida: Araneae) material deposited in Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran (AZMI), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (2017)
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
- New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part IV (2017)
- Acta Arachnologica
- New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part V (2017)
- Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB)
- On two poorly known Eurasian dictynid species (Aranei: Dictynidae), with a description of a new genus (2017)
- Arthropoda Selecta
- Six new species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran (2017)
- Oriental Insects
- The spider genus Oecobius in Iran, with description of two new species (Araneae: Oecobiidae) (2017)
- Oriental Insects
- A new species and new distribution records of Zaitunia from Iran (Araneae: Filistatidae) (2016)
- Zoology in the Middle East