Grammostola pulchripes
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Grammostola pulchripes is a species of tarantula that is commonin Paraguay and Argentina .
features
The basic color of the spider is black with brown to ocher-colored longer hair; so it looks brown-black overall. Depending on the population, it has beige to gold stripes on its patella, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the "gold knee tarantula" in the pet trade.
The species belongs to the so-called " bombardier spiders ". It has removable stinging hairs on the second half of the abdomen, which are used to line the living tubes and also offer protection from predators. In the event of danger, the spider strips off its hair with its hind legs. The stinging hairs are very fine and dense. Refraction makes them appear very metallic.
The specimens described by Schmidt and Bullmer in spring 2001 are males with a body length of four centimeters. They were found in the border area between Argentina and Paraguay near the city of Residencia . It is believed that the females can reach a body length of up to eight centimeters.
behavior
The spider belongs to the ground-dwelling species. It digs holes in the ground, lines them with spider silk in order to carry out brood care and molting there, and in colder periods it withdraws to these caves. Adult females usually spend the rest of their lives in their den and feed on prey that pass near the den. Younger animals and males roam the ground in the warmer season and find shelter under stones, roots, pieces of bark and fallen leaves.
Systematics
In 2009, Ray Gabriel synonymized the species described by Schmidt and Bullmer in 2009 as Grammostola aureostriata with Grammostola pulchripes .
Web links
Grammostola pulchripes in the World Spider Catalog
literature
- Ray Gabriel: Notes on the taxonomic placement of Eurypelma borellii (Simon 1897), and Grammostola pulchripes Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). In: Exotiske Insekter 73, 2009, pp. 7-13.
- GEW Schmidt, M. Bullmer: Grammostola aureostriata sp. nov., a representative of the Grammostola iheringi group (Araneae: Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae) from Argentina and Paraguay. Ent. Z. No. 111, Stuttgart 2001, pp. 173-176.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Klaas: tarantulas / origin, care, species , Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2003, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4660-4 , pp. 88–91
- ↑ Heinz-Josef Peters, Tarantulas of the World / Amerika's Vogelspinnen , self-published, Wegberg 2003, ISBN 3-933443-06-7
- ^ Günther Schmidt: Die Vogelspinnen , Westarp Wissenschaften-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hohenwarsleben 2003, ISBN 3-89432-899-1 , p. 167