Grammostola alticeps
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
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| image = Grammostola alticeps II (13461204443).jpg
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| taxon = Grammostola alticeps
| authority = (Pocock, 1903)
| synonyms = Citharoscelus alticeps Pocock, 1903
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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.{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/grammostola+alticeps/match/1|author=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.)|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|date=2011|accessdate=24 September 2012}} 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.
Description
Grammostola alticeps have a light reddish/orange underbelly, and are 6–7 inches in length. In captivity they are fed crickets and roaches.{{cite web |url=https://buffalozoo.org/animal/brazilian-greysmoke-tarantula/ |title=Brazilian Greysmoke Tarantula |author= |date= |website=Buffalo Zoo |publisher= |access-date=April 25, 2020 |quote=}}
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 just above and the other just below the suture. Pocock, 1903 : On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7) 11: 81-115. ([https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63777 original text]).