Alireza Zamani
{{Short description|Iranian arachnologist (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alireza Zamani
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| caption = Alireza Zamani at the 2nd Iranian International Congress of Entomology, September 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|1|11}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| citizenship = Iran
| fields = Arachnology
| alma_mater = University of Tehran (B.Sc., M.Sc.)
| author_abbrev_zoo = Zamani
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Alireza Zamani (born 11 January 1994) is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.{{cite web|url=https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Zamani|publisher=species.wikimedia.org|title=Alireza Zamani - Wikispecies|accessdate=2016-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlife.ir/en/2015/10/27/three-years-with-the-wildtalk-iranian-marine-mammals-and-spiders-featured-in-the-23rd-seminar/|publisher=wildlife.ir|title=Iranian Cheetah Society {{pipe}} Three years with the WildTalk: Iranian marine mammals and spiders featured in the 23rd seminar|date=27 October 2015 |accessdate=2016-09-18}}
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 the family garden.{{Cite web | url=https://www.digikala.com/mag/podcast/%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%b9%d9%86%da%a9%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%aa%db%8c-%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a2%d8%b4%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%b4%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af/ | title=با مرد عنکبوتی ایران آشنا شوید| work=دیجیکالا مگ}} Influenced by his high school biology teacher, he decided to study animal biology at the University of Tehran in order to pursue his arachnological interests.{{Cite web |url=http://elmna.com/2017/04/14/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86/ |title=مرد عنکبوتی ایران دنیا را چطور میبیند؟ - علمنا |access-date=2017-05-13 |archive-date=2017-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527094332/http://elmna.com/2017/04/14/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86/ |url-status=dead }}
Zamani has co-recorded over 430 new taxa for the fauna of Iran,{{Cite journal|title=www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09397140.2014.970383?journalCode=tzme20#.VjNukG50MdU|journal=Zoology in the Middle East|volume=60|issue=4|pages=362|doi=10.1080/09397140.2014.970383|year=2014|last1=Zamani|first1=Alireza|last2=Nikmagham|first2=Zahra|last3=Allahdadi|first3=Maryam|last4=Ghassemzadeh|first4=Fereshteh|last5=Mirshamsi|first5=Omid|s2cid=85240237}}{{Cite journal|title=www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21658005.2015.1068508?journalCode=tzec20|journal=Zoology and Ecology|volume=25|issue=4|pages=339|doi=10.1080/21658005.2015.1068508|year=2015|last1=Zamani|first1=Alireza|last2=Mirshamsi|first2=Omid|last3=Jannesar|first3=Behnaz|last4=Marusik|first4=Yuri M.|last5=Esyunin|first5=Sergei L.}} and has described over 150 new species of spiders, harvestmen, whip spiders and pseudoscorpions,{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/search?sFamily=&fMt=begin&sGenus=&gMt=begin&sSpecies=&sMt=begin&multiPurpose=sAuthor&sMulti=Zamani&mMt=contain&searchSpec=s | title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog }}{{Cite journal | url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4984.1.7 | title=Further studies on harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Iran, with the descriptions of two new species | journal=Zootaxa | date=2021 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.7 | last1=Snegovaya | first1=Nataly YU. | last2=Cokendolpher | first2=James C. | last3=Zamani | first3=Alireza | volume=4984 | issue=1 | page=7386 | pmid=34186695 }}{{Cite journal | url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4413.2.6 | title=Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp.n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.6 | journal=Zootaxa| date=2018 | last1=De Miranda | first1=Gustavo Silva | last2=Zamani | first2=Alireza | volume=4413 | issue=2 | pages=339–350 | pmid=29690112 }}{{cite web | url=https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_27/AS_27_4_325_329 | title=As_27_4_325_329 }} more noticeably Filistata maguirei and Pritha garfieldi of the family Filistatidae, named after the former Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield,{{Cite journal |last1=Marusik |first1=Yuri M. |last2=Zamani |first2=Alireza |date=2015 |title=Additional new species of Filistatidae (Aranei) from Iran |url=https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/24/24_4_429_435_Marusik_Zamani_for_Inet.pdf |journal=Arthropoda Selecta |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=429–435|doi=10.15298/arthsel.24.4.05 }}{{cite web |last=Francisco |first=Mikael Angelo |date=October 27, 2015 |title=Two new spider species named after 'Spider-Man' actors |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/542108/scitech/science/two-new-spider-species-named-after-spider-man-actors |access-date=2016-09-18 |website=GMA News Online }} Lycosa aragogi of the family Lycosidae, named after Aragog, the fictional spider from the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling,{{Cite web |last=Feingold |first=Spencer |date=July 15, 2017 |title=One for the web: New spider species named for 'Harry Potter' arachnid |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/15/world/new-spider-species-harry-potter/index.html |website=CNN}} Loureedia phoenixi of the family Eresidae, named after the actor Joaquin Phoenix, for a color pattern which resembles the movie character Joker from D.C. Comics,{{cite web | url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/joker-spider-named-after-joaquin-phoenix-180975220/ | title='Joker' Spider Named After Joaquin Phoenix }} Scytodes kumonga of the family Scytodidae, named after the spider kaiju Kumonga, a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise by Toho (Kumonga's scientific name in Godzilla Singular Point, Kumonga scytodes, pays homage to this species),{{cn|date=November 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://godzilla-sp.jp/kaiju/ | title=完全新作TVアニメシリーズ「ゴジラ シンギュラポイント Godzilla Singular Point」公式サイト }} and Loxosceles coheni of the family Sicariidae, named after the singer-songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen.{{cite web | url=https://www.iflscience.com/newtoscience-spider-named-after-leonard-cohen-58115 | title=New-To-Science Spider Named After Leonard Cohen | date=21 December 2020 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.iran-shenasi.com/Fa/NewsItem/?ncID,1|publisher=iran-shenasi.com|title=NewsItem {{pipe}} انتشارات ایران شناسی {{pipe}} خرید آنلاین کتاب {{pipe}} ارسال کتاب {{pipe}} فروش آنلاین کتاب {{pipe}} فروشگاه اینترنتی کتاب|accessdate=2016-09-18}} He is the senior author of the catalog of Iranian spiders and the country coordinator of Iran in the World Spider Catalog project.{{cite web|url=http://spiders.ir/|publisher=spiders.ir|title=The Checklist of the Spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae) --- Version 2016|accessdate=2016-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/boards|publisher=wsc.nmbe.ch|title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog|accessdate=2016-09-18}}
Eponymous taxa
- Anthocharis gruneri zamanii Naderi & Back, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)Naderi, A. & Back, W. (2019): Description of a new subspecies of Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer,[1851], Anthocharis gruneri zamanii ssp. n., from the Southeast of Iran, Kerman (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 40
- Tegenaria zamanii Marusik & Omelko, 2014 (Araneae: Agelenidae){{Cite journal|title=www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2014.943465|journal=Zoology in the Middle East|volume=60|issue=3|pages=255|doi=10.1080/09397140.2014.943465|year=2014|last1=Marusik|first1=Yuri M.|last2=Nadimi|first2=Ahmad|last3=Omelko|first3=Mikhail M.|last4=Koponen|first4=Seppo|s2cid=85313641}}
Selected publications
= Book =
- {{aut|Zamani, A.}} (2016): The Field Guide of Spiders and Scorpions of Iran. Iranshenasi, 360 pp. [in Persian] [http://www.iran-shenasi.com/Fa/BookDetails/?BookID,743 Publisher's webpage]
References
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External links
{{Wikispecies|Alireza Zamani}}
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alireza-Zamani-7 ResearchGate profile]
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