Prof. Dr. Majid Moradmand

List of publications

 

Monograph:

Moradmand, M. (2013): The stone huntsman spiders – Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species. Zootaxa, 3675, Magnolia press, 108pp.

 

 Further publications:

 

  1. Publications with peer review process (in chronological order, correspondence author with*)
  1. Stothut, M., Mahla, L., Backes, L., Weber, S., Avazzadeh, A., Moradmand, M.*, & Krehenwinkel, H. * (2024). Recovering plant-associated arthropod communities by eDNA metabarcoding historical herbarium specimens. Current Biology. (online)
  2. Hajian, M., Sadeghi, S., Barzoki, Z. E., Moradmand, M., Gholamhosseini, A., & Ebrahimi, M. (2024): Ant diversity and species assemblages along an elevational gradient in the arid area of Central Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 10(1), 143-159.
  3. Souri, A. M., Shafaie, S., Moradmand, M., & Mirshamsi, O. (2024): The spider genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Theridiidae) in Iran with the first record of Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 10(1), 99-109.
  4. Moradmand, M.*, Wesal, M. W., & Kulkarni, S. (2023): Taxonomic revision of the troglophile Spariolenus spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) in South and West Asia. Zootaxa, 5380(1), 77-95.
  5. Keimasi, M., Salehifard, K., Hoseini, S. J., Esmaeili, F., Esfahani, N. M. J., Amirsadri, M., ... Moradmand,M.*, & Mofid, M. R. (2023). Purified native protein extracted from the venom of Agelena orientalis attenuates memory defects in the rat model of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. The Protein Journal, 42(5), 586-595.
  6. Hamidian, M., Keikhosravi, A., & Moradmand,M.* (2023): DNA-based species delimitation; an insight into the taxonomy of the Pholcus phalangioides species group (Araneae: Pholcidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 19(1), 13-21.
  7. Keimasi, M., Salehifard, K., Keimasi, M., Amirsadri, M., Esfahani, N. M. J., Moradmand, M., ... & Mofid, M. R. (2023): Alleviation of cognitive deficits in a rat model of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity, using an N-type voltage-gated calcium channel ligand, extracted from Agelena labyrinthica crude venom. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 1123343.
  8. Keimasi, M., Salehifard, K., Esfahani, N. M. J., Esmaeili, F., Farghadani, A., Amirsadri, M., ... Moradmand, M. & Mofid, M. R. (2023): The synergic effects of presynaptic calcium channel antagonists purified from spiders on memory elimination of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity in the rat hippocampus trisynaptic circuit. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 10.
  9. Keimasi, M., Salehifard, K., Shahidi, M., Beheshti, S., Amirsadri, M., Mofid, M. R., & Moradmand, M.* (2022): Ameliorative effects of omega-lycotoxin-Gsp2671e purified from the spider venom of Lycosa praegrandis on memory deficits of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity rat model. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13, 1048563.
  10. Griebenow, Z. H., Isaia, M., & Moradmand, M. (2022): A remarkable troglomorphic ant, Yavnella laventa sp. nov.(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), identified as the first known worker of Yavnella Kugler by phylogenomic inference. Invertebrate Systematics, 36(12), 1118-1138.
  11. Zakerzade, R. N., Moradmand, M. *& Jäger, P. (2022): A new ant-hunting cobweb spider, Euryopis mallah sp. n. (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Iran. Arachnology, 19(3).
  12. Moradmand, M. *, & Yousefi, M. (2022): Ecological niche modelling and climate change in two species groups of huntsman spider genus Eusparassus in the Western Palearctic. Scientific reports, 12(1), 4138.
  13. Zamani, A., Dimitrov, D., Weiss, I., Alimohammadi, S., Rafiei-Jahed, R., Esyunin, S.L., Moradmand, M., Chatzaki, M. and Marusik, Y.M., (2020): New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part VII. Arachnology, 18(6), pp.569-591.
  14. 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 (1), 63-66.
  15. Maddahi, H., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M. & Mirshamsi, O. (2020): Revised diagnosis of the camel spider Rhagodes ahwazensis Kraus, 1959 (Solifugae: Rhagodidae), a rare endemic species from SW Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2) 211–218.
  16. Montemor, V. M., Zamani, A., West, R. C., Moradmand, M., Wirth, V.V, Wendt, I., Huber, S., Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2020): Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with the description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae). Zoology in the Middle East, 66(1) 76–90.
  17. Moradmand, M.*, Zamani, A., Jäger, P. (2020): An Afrotropic element at the north-western periphery of the Oriental Region: Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 126(2): 249–156.
  18. Alimohammadi, S., and Moradmand, M.* (2019): A Study of the Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) Fauna of the Dalan-Kouh Protected Area (Isfahan Province, Iran). Journal ofTaxonomy and Biosystematics, 11(41), 71-84 (in Farsi language).
  19. Maddahi, H., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M. & Mirshamsi, O. (2019): New insights to the taxonomy of Rhagodes eylandti (Walter, 1889) (Solifugae: Rhagodidae). Zootaxa, 4648 (3): 494–510
  20. Torabi, M., Moradmand, M.*, & Muster, C. (2019): A survey of running crab spiders (Araneae: Philodromidae) in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 65(3): 274–279.
  21. Shafaie, S., Mirshamsi, O., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M., & Marusik, Y. M. (2018): A new Pardosa species from northern Iran (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa, 4387(2), 350–364.
  22. Moradmand, M. (2017): Three new species of the subterranean huntsman spider genus Spariolenus (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran. Subterranean Biology, 24, 11–25.
  23. Mirshamsi, O., Shafaie, S., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M., & Marusik, Y. M. (2017): An Overview of Species Concept used in Spiders Taxonomy with an Emphasis on Mating Structures. Journal of Taxonomy and Biosystematics, 9(31), 87-100 (in Farsi language).
  24. 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.
  25. Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Rashidi, P., Marusik, Y.M., Moradmand, M. and A. Bolzern (2016): New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), part III. Arthropoda Selecta 25(1) 99–114.
  26. Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, YM., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M. and R. Kashefi (2015): Annotated checklist of the spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 1–108.
  27. Moradmand, M. (2015): Revision of the grass huntsman spider genus Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 1914 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates, 56 (2): 425–443.
  28. Moradmand, M.*, Mirshamsi Kakhki O., Hula, V. (2015): New records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Zoology in the Middle East, 61 (1): 76–80.
  29. Moradmand, M.*, Schönhofer, A. L., Jäger, P. (2014): Molecular phylogeny of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with focus on the genus Eusparassus and notes on the RTA-clade and ‘Laterigradae’. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 7: 48–65.
  30. Moradmand, M.* and P. Jäger (2012a): Taxonomic revision of the huntsman spider genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Eurasia. Journal of Natural History, 46(39-40): 2439–2496.
  31. Moradmand, M.* and Jäger, P. (2012b): Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae): proposed conservation of the generic name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 69(4), 249–253.
  32. Naderloo, R., Moradmand, M., Sari, A. & M. Türkay (2012): An annotated checklist of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with five new records and an identification key to the North Indian Ocean genera. Zoosystematics & Evolution 88(1): 63–70.
  33. Moradmand, M.* and Jäger, P. (2011): A review on the huntsman spider genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran with description of four new species. Zootaxa 2910: 46–62.
  34. Moradmand, M. and Sari, A. (2007a): New record of the hermit crab Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1961 (Anomura, Paguridae) from the Gulf of Oman, Iran. Zoology in the Middle East, 42, 112–114.
  35. Moradmand, M. and Sari, A. (2007b): Littoral Hermit crabs of the Gulf of Oman: A biogeographical approach. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematic, 3: 25–36.
  1. Manuscripts (under preparation)
  1. Taxonomic revision of the African endemic genus Berlandia (Araneae: Sparassidae) using morphology and molecular data
  2. The Checklist of the spiders from Afghanistan, a review
  3. Recovering plant-associated arthropod communities by eDNA metabarcoding historical herbarium specimens
  4. Niche evolution of African sister genera Pseudomicrommata and Arandisa (Araneae: Sparassidae)