Alireza
Zamani
Department of Biodiversity Sciences
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biodiversity Sciences
Geology
Ph.D.
Contact
Areas of expertise
Arachnology
Evolutionary Biology
Taxonomy
Systematics
Faunistics
Teaching
Arachnids of Finland
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.
Publications
A new species of ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae) from the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan, with colour variation possibly associated with substrate (2026)
Journal of Natural History
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant, with new species and records (2026)
ZooKeys
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
West Side Story: systematics of funnel-weavers (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from arid western South Africa, with two new genera and 16 new species (2026)
Zootaxa
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Comparative performance of pitfall, ramp, and tube traps for sampling arthropods in an arid region of southeastern Iran (2026)
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Insights Into Spatial Orientation and Cognition in Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) Under Natural Conditions, With Notes on Possible Ontogenetic Niche Shifts (2026)
Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae) (2025)
ZooKeys
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) attacking and eating vertebrates: an update (2025)
Journal of Arachnology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
First Nordic record of Pandava laminata (Araneae: Titanoecidae), with a synopsis of anthropochorous species of spiders in Finland (2025)
Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
New taxonomic and faunistic data on Moroccan spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including the description of five new species (2025)
Zootaxa
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic (2025)
Arachnology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )