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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Xiombarg Brignoli, 1979[1] |
| Species: | X. plaumanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiombarg plaumanni Brignoli, 1979[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Xiombarg Brignoli, 1979". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.