Kimmeria artificial galleries

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Xanthi,
Municipality: Xanthi,
Closest Settlement: Kimmeria
Cave type
Artificial
Protection status
  • K802 - Panagias Kalamous Taxiarchon Dimou Xanthis [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 931/Β/2001
Fauna
  • Eschatocephalus vespertilionis (Koch, 1844), Lindberg 1955d, Arthur 1956
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Hanak et al. 2001
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857), Lindberg 1955d, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), Lindberg 1955d, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Penicillidia dufouri (Westwood, 1835), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Lindberg 1955d, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Petrov & Helversen 2011, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis & Papadatou 2015, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Spinturnix myoti (Kolenati, 1856), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Mesostigmata / Family: Spinturnicidae
  • Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814), Hanak et al. 2001, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Molossidae
Species references
  • Arthur, D. R. 1956. The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). J. Parasit., 42: 180-196.
  • 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
  • Georgiakakis, P. & Papadatou, E., 2015. Chiroptera, In Papamichael G., Arapis T., Petkidi K., Fytou I & Chatzirvasanis V. 2015. Deliverable 7, C – Phase of Study 7: "Monitoring and evaluation of conservation status mammal species of Community interest in Greece.". Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climatic Change, Athens, scholars Partnership and consultancy firms “ARAPIS THOMAS EYAGGELOY, GEOANALYSI S.A. and PAPACHARISI ALEXANDRA THEODORA ", Athens. pp. 59 (in Greek)
  • 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.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Ondrias, J. C. 1965. Die Säugetiere Griechenlands. Säugetierk. Mitt., 13 (3): 109-127.
  • Petrov, B. & Helversen, O. V. 2011. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Western Rhodopes Mountain. In Beron, Petar. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Publisher. pp. 525-581.
  • Van Laar, V. & Daan, S. 1964. On some Chiroptera from Greece. Beaufortia, 120 (10): 158-166.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2024. Fauna of the cave Kimmeria artificial galleries, Kimmeria, Xanthi, 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 14.11.2024