Grammostola alticeps

Grammostola alticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Grammostola
Species:	G. alticeps
Binomial name
	Grammostola alticeps; (Pocock, 1903)
Synonyms
	Citharoscelus alticeps Pocock, 1903

Grammostola alticeps (known as Brazilian greysmoke spider in the pet industry) is a New World spider in the Tarantula family (Theraphosidae). It is endemic to Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.[1] [2]

Description

Grammostola alticeps have a light reddish/orange underbelly, and are 6–7 inches in length. In captivity they are fed crickets and roaches.[3]

Stridulating organ

The stridulating organ, used to make a hissing sound (stridulation), consists of a large cluster of fine close-set bristles on the rear surface of the coxa of the palp, and two smaller clusters at the far end of the front surface of the coxa of the first leg, one ust above and the other just below the suture. [4]

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References

Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Pérez M., F. (1985). Las especies del genero Grammostola citadas para Uruguay (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Comunicacion preliminar. Actas de las Jornadas de Zoología del Uruguay 1985: 4.
"Brazilian Greysmoke Tarantula". Buffalo Zoo. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
Pocock, 1903 : On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7) 11: 81-115. (original text).

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[COL-1] Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Pérez M., F. (1985). Las especies del genero Grammostola citadas para Uruguay (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Comunicacion preliminar. Actas de las Jornadas de Zoología del Uruguay 1985: 4.

[3] "Brazilian Greysmoke Tarantula". Buffalo Zoo. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[4] Pocock, 1903 : On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7) 11: 81-115. (original text).