Alireza Zamani

Alireza Zamani, Iranian arachnologist

• University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland.
• E-mail: alireza.zamani@ utu.fi
• E-mail: [email protected]

Taxon names authored

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• 188 taxon names authored by Alireza Zamani

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Alireza Zamani

Publications

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2014

• Marusik, Y.M., Zamani, A. & Mirshamsi, O. 2014. Three new species of mygalomorph and filistatid spiders from Iran (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Nemesiidae and Filistatidae). Zookeys 463: 1–10. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.463.8692. Reference page. 

2015

• Marusik, Y.M. & Zamani, A. 2015. The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran. Zookeys 516: 123–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.516.10146 Full article. Reference page. 
• Marusik, Yu.M. & Zamani, A. 2015. First description of the male of Tegenaria zamanii Marusik & Omelko, 2014 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from northern Iran. Zootaxa 4052(2): 226–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.6. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Marusik, Y.M. & Zamani, A. 2015. Additional new species of Filistatidae (Aranei) from Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 24(4): 429–435. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Jannesar, B., Marusik, Y.M. & Esyunin, S.L. 2015. New data on spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part II. Zoology and Ecology 25(4): 339–346. DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2015.1068508. Reference page. 

2016

• Mirshamsi, O., Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2016. A survey of Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran with description of one new genus and two new species. Journal of Natural History 50(23–24): 1447–1461. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1113318 Reference page. 
• Moradmand, M., Zamani, A. & Jäger, P. 2016. On the genus Cebrennus Simon, 1880 in Iran with description of a new species from Iranian Central Desert (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa 4121(2): 187–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.9. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. 2016. A new species of Spariolenus from South Iran (Aranei: Sparassidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 421-422. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.25.4.10. . Reference page. 

2017

• Nadolny, A.A. & Zamani, A. 2017. A new species of burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosa) from Iran. Zootaxa 4286(4): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.13. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Tahami, M.S., Zamani, A., Sadeghi, S. & Ribera, C. 2017. A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Iranian caves. Zootaxa 4318(2): 377–387. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.10. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Hosseinpour, A., Azizi, K. & Soltani, A. 2017. A new species of the jumping spider genus Evarcha (s. lat.) from southwestern Iran (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 150.1: 1-5. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2017. Six new species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Oriental Insects 51(4): 313–329. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2017.1282386. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Yu.M. & Koponen, S. 2017. First description of the male of the easternmost Harpactea species, H. parthica (Araneae: Dysderidae). Zootaxa 4238(2): 258–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.6. Reference page. 
• Zamani, R., Mirshamsi, O., Dolejš, P., Marusik, Y.M., Esyunin, S.L., Hula, V. & Ponel, P. 2017b. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IV. Acta Arachnologica 66(2): 55-71. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.66.55. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, Y.M., Hatami, M. & Maddahi, H. 2017. Oriental Insects 51(4): 330–337. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2017.1283257 Reference page. 

2018

• de Miranda, G.S. & Zamani, A. 2018. Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp.n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran. Zootaxa 4413(2): 339–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.6 Reference page. 
• Schwendinger, P.J. & Zamani, A. 2018: A new species of Phyxioschema (Araneae: Dipluridae) from Iran. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 125(2): 283-289. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1414225. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. 2018. The spider genus Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in the United Arab Emirates. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 151–161. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.29981 Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2018: New species and records of Filistatidae (Arachnida: Aranei) from Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 27(2): 121–128. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2018a. A new species of hersiliid spiders (Aranei: Hersiliidae) from Iran. Euroasian Entomological Journal 17(4): 273-275. DOI: 10.15298/euroasentj.17.4.05. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Y.M. & Malek-Hosseini, M.J. 2018. A new species of Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from western Iran. Zootaxa 4444(1): 095–097. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.7. Reference page. .
• Zamani, A., Seiedy, M., Saboori, A. & Maruski, Yu.M. 2018. The spider genus Pterotricha in Iran, with the description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). ZooKeys 777: 17–41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.777.26745 Reference page. 

2019

• Azarkina, G.N. & Zamani, A. 2019. The Aelurillina Simon, 1901 (Aranei: Salticidae) of Iran: a check-list and three new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1884 and Proszynskiana Logunov, 1996. Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 83–97. PDF. Reference page. 
• Moradmand, M., Zamani, A. & Jäger, P. 2019. An Afrotropic element at the north-western periphery of the Oriental Region: Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 126(2): 249-256. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3463459 . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Crews, S.C. 2019: The flattie spider family Selenopidae (Araneae) in the Middle East. Zoology in the Middle East 65(1): 79-87. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2018.1540150. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2019. The spider genera Azerithonica and Tegenaria (Aranei: Agelenidae: Tegenariini) in Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 291–303. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2020

• Azarkina, G.N. & Zamani, A. 2020. The first description of the female of Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Iran. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 21-25. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0003. . Reference page. 
• Montemor, V.M., West, R.C., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M., von Wirth, V., Wendt, I., Huber, S. & Guadanucci, J.P.L. 2020. Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoology in the Middle East 66(1): 76-90. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2020.1675994. . Reference page. 
• Nadolny, A.A. & Zamani, A. 2020. A new species of wolf spiders of the genus Lycosa (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Iran. Zoosystematica Rossica 29(2): 205–212. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.205. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Altin, Ç. & Szűts, T. 2020. A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species. Zootaxa 4851(3): 559–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.6. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Hosseini, M.S. & Moradmand, M. 2020. New data on jumping spiders of Iran, with a new species of Salticus (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 63-66. DOI: 10.30963/aramit5908. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020. A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4758(2): 311–329. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.6. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020a. A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera. Arachnology 18(4): 368-386. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020b. New species of Filistatidae, Palpimanidae and Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Iran. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 121-126. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.121. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2020c. Two new species of Araniella (Aranei: Araneidae) from Western Himalaya, with notes on species reported from India. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 361-366. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.29.3.09. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Y.M. & Šestáková, A. 2020. On Araniella and Neoscona (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia. ZooKeys 906: 13-40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.906.47978. . Reference page. 

2021

• Zamani, A. 2021. A new species of Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from northeastern Pakistan. Evolutionary Systematics. 5(2): 359–362. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.76987 Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Chatzaki, M., Esyunin, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021. One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations. European Journal of Taxonomy 751: 68–114. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381 Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021. New taxa of six families of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 67(1): 81-91. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2021.1877382. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021a. Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species. ZooKeys 1035: 145–193. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1035.65767. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021b. A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1054: 95-126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021c. Three new species of spiders (Aranei) from Iran. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 17(2): 451-458. DOI: 10.23885/181433262021172-451458. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021d. Two new species of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Aranei) from the Caucasus and northern Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 30(4): 557-564. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.30.4.12 . Reference page. 

2022

• Naldolny, A.A., Marusik, Y.M., Kronestedt, T., Kovblyuk, M.M. & Zamani, A. 2022. New cases of teratological deformities in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Arachnology 19(2): 585-590. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.585. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Al-Yacoub, G.A.A. & Najim, S.A., 2022. New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq. Evolutionary Systematics 6(2): 143-150. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.87158. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022a. New taxonomic data on Zodariinae (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Zootaxa 5155(3): 423–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.3.7. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022b. New taxonomic considerations in Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae), with notes on the presence of cymbial diverticulum in different zodariid genera. Zootaxa 5178(2): 161–177. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.3. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022c. On a small collection of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with new species and records. Zoodiversity 56(4): 291-306. DOI: 10.15407/zoo2022.04.291. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022d. A new genus of Zodariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan. Journal of Natural History 56(25-28): 1187-1198. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2115422. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022e. A new species of Plator Simon, 1880 from Pakistan, with a supplementary description of P. pandeae Tikader, 1969 (Araneae: Trochanteriidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 129(2): 297-301. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0076. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Nadolny, A.A. & Dolejš, P. 2022. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part X. Arachnology 19(2): 551-573. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.551. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Österman, E.M. & Koponen, S., 2022a. The first record of Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae:Araneidae) in Finland. Sahlbergia 28(1): 23-24. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Österman, E.M. & Koponen, S., 2022b. 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. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 64: 29-33. DOI: 10.30963/aramit6404. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Stockmann, M., Magalhães, I.L.F. & Rheims, C.A. 2022a. New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5092(2): 151–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.1. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Nadolny, A.A., Esyunin, S.L. & Marusik, Y.M. 2022b. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IX. Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 358-384. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.358. . Reference page. 

2023

• Kaya, R.S., Zamani, A., Yağmur, E.A. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2023. A new genus of Textricini Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Anatolia. Zookeys 1151ː 31–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1151.100430 Reference page. 
• Kaya, R.S., Zamani, A., Yağmur, E.A. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2023a. A new species of Anatextrix Kaya, Zamani, Yağmur & Marusik, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Textricini) from southern Türkiye, with a remarkable morphology of the male palpal femur. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 299-305. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.103893. . Reference page. 
• Kosyan, A., Zamani, A. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2023. Notes on Dysderidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Armenia and Iran, with new species and records. Zookeys 1172ː 117–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.107112 Reference page. 
• Luo, X-X., Li, Q-Q., Zamani, A., Che, Y-L. & Wang, Z-Q. 2023. Redescription of Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938) (Blattodea, Blattidae), with a comparative analysis of three species of Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (sensu stricto). Zookeys 1146ː 165–183. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.90817 Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Darvishnia, H. & Marusik, Yu.M., 2023. New data on cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran, with new species and records. Zootaxa 5361(3): 345–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.3.3. Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Yu.M. 2023. New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan. Journal of Natural History 57(37-40): 1693-1709. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2272356 . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Yu.M. & Szűts, T. 2023. A survey of the spider genus Dysdera Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Iran, with fourteen new species and notes on two fossil genera. Zookeys 1446ː 43–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.97517 Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Yu.M. & Szűts, T. 2023a. A survey of Dysderella Dunin, 1992 (Araneae, Dysderidae), with a new species from Iran. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 337-344. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.104613. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & West, R.C. 2023. A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. Zookeys 1174ː 75–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135 Reference page. 

2024

• Bellvert, A., Dimitrov, D.K., Zamani, A. & Arnedo, M.A. 2024. Integrating museum collections and molecules reveals genus-level synonymy and new species in red devil spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Middle East and Central Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 921: 210–235. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2429. . Reference page. 
• Fomichev, A.A. & Zamani, A. 2024. New data on species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae) in Central Asia. Arachnology 19(8): 1055-1059. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.8.1055. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Esyunin, S.L., Mikhailov, K.G. & Marusik, Y.M. 2024. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part XI. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10(2): 285-309. DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.285. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Khudhur, F.A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2024. New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraqi Kurdistan, with new species and records. Zootaxa 5492(2): 260–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.6. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y.M. 2024. New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records. Zootaxa 5397(2): 195–217. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.2. . Reference page. 
• Zamani, A., Marusik, Yu.M. & Fomichev, A.A. 2024. A new genus of Oecobiinae (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Central Asia. Journal of Natural History 58(21-24): 737-749. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2357852. . Reference page.