Spilaio Drakotrypa

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Kavala,
Municipality: Thasos,
Closest Settlement: Panagia
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Balcanodiscus difficilis A. Riedel, 1988, Riedel 1985a, Riedel 1988b, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Zonitidae
  • Cryptops dianae Stavropoulos & Matic, 1990, Stavropoulos & Matic 1990, Matic & Stavropoulos 1993, Stoev & Beron 2000, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Scolopendromorpha / Family: Cryptopidae
  • Dolichopoda thasosensis Chopard, 1964, Chopard 1964, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Boudou-Saltet 1982, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766), Lane & Alivizatos 2006
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Rodentia / Family: Gliridae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Lithobius erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847, Matic & Stavropoulos 1988, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Lithobiomorpha / Family: Lithobiidae
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Morlina glabra (Rossmässler, 1835), Riedel 1992, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837), Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817), Lane & Alivizatos 2006, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Omobrachyiulus brachyurum (Attems, 1899), Mauriès 1984a, Stoev & Beron 2000, Lazányi et al. 2012, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017, Vagalinski & Lazányi 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Hanak et al. 2001, Lane & Alivizatos 2006, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Lane & Alivizatos 2006, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Roncus sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
  • Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971, Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Thassoblaniulus simplarius Mauriès, 1985, Mauriès 1984a, Enghoff 1990, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Blaniulidae
  • Trichoniscus rhodopiensis Vandel, 1965, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
Species references
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  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce II. Une nouvelle espèce: D. vandeli. Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 89-97.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1982. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce X. Le cycle biologique (en élevage) des espèces D. petrochilosi et D. thasosensis. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (2): 277-284.
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  • Chopard, L. 1964. Descriptions d΄Orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 69 (1-2): 17-20.
  • Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • Enghoff, H. 1990. A new species of Nopoiulus Menge 1851, subgenus Paranopoiulus Lohmander, 1939, from the Caucasus, new records of consubgeneric species, and the systematic position of Thassoblaniulus Mauries 1985. Senckenbergiana biol., 70 (4/6): 323-330.
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Huber B. A., Pavlek M., & Komnenov M. 2021. Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy, 752(1), 1–60. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391
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  • Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
  • Lane, A. C. & Alivizatos, H. 2006. Additional data on the bat species (Chiroptera : Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) of the island of Thasos, north-eastern Greece. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 11: 297-301.
  • Lazányi, E., Vagalinski, B. & Korsós, Z. 2012. The millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 in the Balkan Peninsula, with description of new species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae). Zootaxa, 47 (3228): 1-47.
  • Matic, Z. & Stavropoulos, G. 1988. Contribution a la connaissance des Chilopodes de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 14 (1): 33-46.
  • Matic, Z. & Stavropoulos, G. 1993. Considerations zoogeographiques sur la faune des Chilopodes des îles de la Mer Egée et de la Mer Ionienne.. . Biol. gallo-hellen., 20: 99-106
  • Mauriès, J. P. 1984. Ecologie et biogéographie des Cyclades. Deux espèces nouvelles de Diplopodes cavernicoles des Cyclades: Hyleoglomeris beroni (Glomerida) et Syrioiulus andreevi (Iulida). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 37-49.
  • Ondrias, J. C. 1965. Die Säugetiere Griechenlands. Säugetierk. Mitt., 13 (3): 109-127.
  • Riedel, A. 1985. Zur Kenntnis der Balcanodiscus (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 10 (14): 139-147.
  • Riedel, A. 1988. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Balcanodiscus, II (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Zonitidae). Malak. Abh. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 13 (10): 93-104.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
  • Stavropoulos, G. & Matic, Z. 1990. Nouvelles contributions à l'étude de la faune de chilopodes. (Chilopoda) de Grèce. II.. Biol. gallo-hellen., 17: 37-47.
  • Stoev, P. & Beron, P. 2000. On the type specimens of Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.. Arthropoda Selecta 9:91–102.
  • Vagalinski B, Lazányi E. 2018. Revision of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with descriptions of new taxa.. Zootaxa 4421(1):1–142
  • Van Laar, V. & Daan, S. 1964. On some Chiroptera from Greece. Beaufortia, 120 (10): 158-166.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
  • Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Drakotrypa, Panagia, Thasos, Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 14.12.2023, Accessed 31.01.2026