Sepideh Shafaie

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• Ph.D.
• PostDoc Position at Masaryk University

Zodarion, one of the most diverse zodariid spider genera, has recently garnered significant interest due to its peculiar adaptations for stringent ant-eating specialization. However, species identification within this genus remains challenging, as many Zodarion species are still insufficiently documented. This study revisits the taxonomy of Iberian...

A new zodariid species, Zodariellum martinae sp. nov. (♂♀), is described from southeastern Kazakhstan. Furthermore, type specimens of Z. mongolicum Marusik & Koponen, 2001 (♂) and Z. schmidti Marusik & Koponen, 2001 (♂♀), along with comparative material of Z. nenilini (Eskov, 1995) (♂♀), have been re-examined and photographed.

In this study, Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948 is recorded for the first time from Iran based on female specimens. This species was previously recorded from eastern Mediterranean region. As a result, the number of Latrodectus species recorded from Iran is raised to six. A comparative diagnosis is provided for this species and other widow spider...

Ecological specialists constitute relevant case studies for understanding the mechanisms, potential and limitations of evolution. The species-rich and strictly myrmecophagous spiders of the genus Zodarion show diversified defence mechanisms, including myrmecomorphy of different ant species and nocturnality. Through Hybridization Capture Using RAD P...

Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 334338 fauna investigation. During the examination of these males, we noticed that they differ by the shape of the palp from L. blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), a species previosuly reported from the island. Our suspicions that this Lachesana from Cyprus could belong to a new species were confirmed, when we found a...

New taxonomic and faunistic data on 25 species in 13 genera of Lycosidae from Iran are provided. Two new species Alopecosa pekari sp.n. (♂) and Trochosa marusiki sp.n. (♂) are diagnosed and described from West Azerbaijan Province. The genus Draposa Kronestedt, 2010 and the species Draposa oakleyi (Gravely, 1924), Evippa eltonica Dunin, 1994, Karaku...

Four new species of lycosids from Iran are described: Lycosa soboutii sp. n. (♀, Zanjan Province), Karakumosa golestanica sp. n. (♂, Golestan Province), K. sarvari sp. n. (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province), and K. yahaghii sp. n. (♂, South Khorasan Province). Karakumosa shmatkoi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province) is reported from Ir...

A study of Dysdera LATREİLLE, 1804 in Azerbaijan indicates a new species. Somatic and genitalic characters reveal that the only male specimen from Nakhchivan belongs to an undescribed new species, D. nakhchivanica nov.sp. Characters for distinguishing D. nakhchivanica nov.sp. and morphologically similar to some species. Here are given comparative s...

A survey of species belonging to Pardosa monticola species group from Iran showed a new report. A detailed study reveals that the only female specimen from West Azerbaijan Province belongs to P. colchica Mcheidze, 1946. Characters for distinguishing P. colchica and morphologically similar P. pontica (Thorell, 1875) are given and illustrated. The tw...

A study of Pardosa pontica (Thorell, 1875) in Iran indicates two distinct morphospecies. A detailed comparison of these morphospecies and types of P. pontica reveals that populations from Mazandaran, Golestan and North Khorasan Provinces of Iran and Balkan Welaýaty of Turkmenistan belong to a newly described species, P. mirzakhaniae sp. n., and pop...

Pardosa C.L. Koch, 1847, with 549 species, is the third largest spider genus and the largest among Lycosidae. It is distributed all over the world except Australia and has highest species diversity in the Palearctic, Nearctic and Africa. High morphological conservatism in Pardosa species especially in females enforced the experts to subdivide the s...

Pardosa C.L. Koch, 1847 is the third largest genus among spiders and most species-rich genus within the Lycosidae, with over 550 species. Currently 30 species groups are recognized in the genus. One of the largest is the Pardosa monticola species groups with over 30 species distributed in the Holarctic. Although it is easy to delimit this species g...

Artemia, a small crustacean, with high commercial value is a valuable model organism for researchers. This creature by tolerating extreme range of different environmental conditions was dispersed to more than 600 and 18 sites over the world and Iran, respectively. Tashk and Bakhtegan Lakesare one of the natural parthenogenetic Artemia habitats in I...

Artemia, a small crustacean, with high commercial value is a valuable model organism for researchers. This creature by tolerating extreme range of different environmental conditions is dispersed to more than 600 and 18 sites over the world and Iran, respectively. Tashk Lake is one the natural parthenogenetic Artemia habitat in Iran. Due to occurren...