Alireza Zamani

Alireza Zamani (born 11 January 1994) is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.[1][2]

Alireza Zamani
Alireza Zamani at the 2nd Iranian International Congress of Entomology, September 2017
Born (1994-01-11) January 11, 1994
Tehran, Iran
CitizenshipIran
Alma materUniversity of Tehran (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
Scientific career
FieldsArachnology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Zamani
Websitewww.alireza-zamani.com/en/

Life and career

Zamani has been interested in spiders since childhood, when he spent most of his time collecting and rearing different species that he could collect from their garden.[3] Influenced by his high school biology teacher, he decided to study Animal Biology at the University of Tehran in order to pursuit his arachnological studies.[4] Zamani has co-recorded over 250 new taxa for the fauna of Iran,[5][6] and has described several new species,[7][8] more noticeably Filistata maguirei and Pritha garfieldi of the spider family Filistatidae, named after the former Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, and Lycosa aragogi of the family Lycosidae, named after Aragog, the fictional spider from Harry Potter franchise.[9][10][11][12][13] He has appeared on several TV and radio programs, including a guest appearance in the third season of the popular Iranian TV program, Khandevane, where he introduced a new species of Huntsman spiders, which was to be named after the show's host, Rambod Javan.[14][15] Zamani has authored The Field Guide of Spiders and Scorpions of Iran, which is the first field guide devoted to the arachnids of the Middle East, containing information on more than 230 species of both orders.[16] He is the senior author of the catalog of Iranian spiders,[17] and is the country coordinator of Iran in the World Spider Catalog project.[18] Zamani is a partner at the Virtual Institute of Spider Taxonomy Research,[19] and a member of the editorial boards of the journals Arachnida: Rivista Aracnologica Italiana and Check List.[20][21]

Described taxa
  • Species
    • Aelurillus westi Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 (Salticidae)
    • Ajmonia rajaeii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Dictynidae)
    • Anemesia koponeni Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014 (Cyrtaucheniidae)
    • Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 (Araneidae)
    • Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 (Araneidae)
    • Azerithonica sagartia Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Bastanius kermanensis Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 (Hersiliidae)
    • Callipelis deserticola Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Cebrennus rambodjavani Moradmand, Zamani & Jäger, 2016 (Sparassidae)
    • Devade naderii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Dictynidae)
    • Diaea osmanii Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Thomisidae)
    • Drassodes marusiki Esyunin & Zamani, 2019 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Duninia grodnitskyi Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Hersiliidae)
    • Evarcha dena Zamani, 2017 (Salticidae)
    • Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015 (Filistatidae)
    • Hersilia talebii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 (Hersiliidae)
    • Hersiliola artemisiae Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2017 (Hersiliidae)
    • Iranotricha lutensis Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Loxosceles persica Ribera & Zamani, 2017 (Sicariidae)
    • Lycosa aragogi Nadolny & Zamani, 2017 (Lycosidae)
    • Microfilistata magalhaesi Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Filistatidae)
    • Neoscona isatis Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 (Araneidae)
    • Oecobius fahimii Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Oecobiidae)
    • Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Oecobiidae)
    • Oecobius ilamensis Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2017 (Oecobiidae)
    • Paracedicus kasatkini Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Cybaeidae)
    • Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 (Dictynidae)
    • Parolpium litoreum Nassirkhani & Zamani, 2018 (Olpiidae)
    • Phrynichus persicus Miranda & Zamani, 2018 (Phrynichidae)
    • Phyxioschema gedrosia Schwendinger & Zamani, 2018 (Dipluridae)
    • Pritha garfieldi Marusik & Zamani, 2015 (Filistatidae)
    • Proszynskiana izadii Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 (Salticidae)
    • Proszynskiana logunovi Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 (Salticidae)
    • Pseudomicrommata mokranica Moradmand, Zamani & Jäger, 2019 (Sparassidae)
    • Pterotricha arabica Zamani, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Pterotricha montana Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Pterotricha nadolnyi Zamani, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Pterotricha stevensi Zamani, 2018 (Gnaphosidae)
    • Raveniola mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014 (Nemesiidae)
    • Sahastata amethystina Marusik & Zamani, 2016 (Filistatidae)
    • Sahastata sinuspersica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014 (Filistatidae)
    • Selenops bastet Zamani & Crews, 2019 (Selenopidae)
    • Spariolenus khoozestanus Zamani, 2016 (Sparassidae)
    • Tegenaria alamto Zamani, Marusik & Malek-Hosseini, 2018 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria arsacia Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria daylamanica Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria eros Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria guseinovi Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria rahnamayi Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Tegenaria shirin Zamani & Marusik, 2019 (Agelenidae)
    • Zaitunia akhanii Marusik & Zamani, 2015 (Filistatidae)
    • Zaitunia darreshurii Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Filistatidae)
    • Zaitunia vahabzadehi Zamani & Marusik, 2016 (Filistatidae)
    • Zaitunia zagrosica Zamani & Marusik, 2018 (Filistatidae)
    • Zora huseynovi Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Miturgidae)

Eponymous taxa
  • Anthocharis gruneri zamanii Naderi & Back, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)[22]
  • Tegenaria zamanii Marusik & Omelko, 2014 (Araneae: Agelenidae)[23]

Selected publications

Book
  • Zamani, A. (2016): The Field Guide of Spiders and Scorpions of Iran. Iranshenasi, 360 pp. [in Persian] Publisher's webpage

Papers
  • Zamani, A., Seiedy, M., Saboori, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2018): The spider genus Pterotricha in Iran, with the description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). ZooKeys 777 PDF
  • 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 Abstract
  • Nadolny, A. A. & Zamani, A. (2017): A new species of burrowing wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosa) from Iran. Zootaxa 4286 Abstract
  • Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2017): Six new species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Oriental Insects 51 Abstract
  • 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 Abstract
  • Zamani, A., Marusik, Y. M. & Berry, J. (2016): A new species of Paratheuma (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Southwestern Asia and transfer of the genus. Zoology in the Middle East 62 Abstract
  • 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 59 Abstract
  • Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, Y. M., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M. & Kashefi, R. (2015): Annotated checklist of the spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics Fauna Iranica: I PDF
  • Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2015): Additional new species of Filistatidae (Aranei) from Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 24 PDF
  • Marusik, Y. M. & Zamani, A. (2015): The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran. ZooKeys 516 PDF
  • 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 PDF

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