Spilaio Thalassinou

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Xanthi,
Municipality: Topeiros,
Closest Settlement: Galani
Cave Synonyms
Galani cave
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR1120004 - Stena Nestou (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
Fauna
  • Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758), Lindberg 1955b, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Lepidoptera / Family: Pyralidae
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Camponotus ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802), Lindberg 1955b, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Hymenoptera / Family: Formicidae
  • Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Salticidae
  • Harpactea rubicunda (C. L. Koch, 1838), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Hypebaeus flavicollis (Erichson, 1840), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Malachiidae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
Species references
  • Benda, P., Ševčík, M., Bego, F., Sachanowicz, K., Spitzenberger, F., Tájek, P., Tájková, P., Uhrin, M. 2019. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 15. The fauna of bats and bat ectoparasites of Albania with a catalogue of bats from the western Balkans in the collection of the National Museum, Prague. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 83: 1–238
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2011. The invertebrate cave fauna of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pages 583-662 in Beron P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist. Sofia,
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • 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
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Thalassinou, Galani, Topeiros, 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 15.12.2023, Accessed 16.10.2025