In our new paper, co-authored with Krisztián Szabó and @tszuts.bsky.social, we present an integrative taxonomic study of ladybird spiders, and describe seven beautiful new species from Iran: 🔴 Eresus athanatoi — Named after the Persian Immortals, the elite warriors of the Achaemenid army. /1

An article on National Geographic, on our recent new genus and species of tarantulas from the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula:

Four new species of tarantulas with "unusual male sex organs" discovered by @alirezazamani.bsky.social et al, just published in ZooKeys! Read more here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/04/n...

I’m thrilled to be a co-recipient of the 2024 E.O. Wilson Research Prize, alongside my colleagues Rick C West and William Lamar: t.co/0dugDTcNW0

Check out our latest publication on the copulatory mechanics of Anatextrix monstrabilis, which likely has the most highly modified male palpal femur among all spiders: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Here is a video / photo interview that I did with Yle, Finland's national public broadcasting company, about my background and research on spiders 🕸🕷 yle.fi/a/74-20123947

My final paper for 2024 was published today. In total, this year I co-authored 13 papers and co-described a genus and 35 species. The specimens for these new species were collected from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

Here is a feature article in Aurora, the online magazine of the University of Turku, on new species discoveries made by researchers from the Biodiversity Unit: www.utu.fi/en/news/auro...

Meet Pseudanapis yasunica Zamani & Marusik, 2024 from Ecuador! 🇪🇨 With a total body length of only 0.93 mm, this tiny spider is officially the 200th species of arachnids that I have described and named!

Emil's (not on Bluesky) plus my and @alirezazamani.bsky.social article is now online 🥳 Quick comparison of two different trap types. Both work, ramp traps caught more ants 🐜, beetles 🪲 etc; and pitfalls more myriapods . Nothing world-shattering, but useful data for anyone choosing traps.

Nyt yksikkömme tuotos on ylessäkin! Mukana m.m. @ilarisaaksjarvi.bsky.social pistiäinen ja tietenkin @alirezazamani.bsky.social lta vieläkin enemmän hämähäkkilajeja. Itseltäni ei tänä vuonna yhtäkään lajia. Lajien kanssa päästään käyntiin vasta kun ne on kuvattu, joten perustavanlaatuista työtä.

Article (with much improved figures) just got accepted 🥳 Basically Emil's article (not on bsky), but I and @alirezazamani.bsky.social also took part. Sneak peak of the dataset while waiting for the article to appear.