Xiombarg plaumanni is a species of goblin spider occurring in southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. It is the only species in the genus Xiombarg.[1] Italian arachnologist Paolo Marcello Brignoli described X. plaumanni in 1979, naming the genus after Xiombarg, a character in Michael Moorcock novels.[2][3]

Xiombarg plaumanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Xiombarg
Brignoli, 1979[1]
Species:
X. plaumanni
Binomial name
Xiombarg plaumanni
Brignoli, 1979[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Xiombarg Brignoli, 1979". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  2. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1979). "Ragni del Brasile V. Due nuovi generi e quattro nuove specie dello stato di Santa Catarina (Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie (in Italian). 8: 913–924. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.82348.
  3. ^ Platnick, N. I.; Brescovit, A. D. (1995). "On Unicorn, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3152): 1–12.