Spilaio Nymfoliptou

Higher Geography
Region: Attiki,
Sub-Region: Anatoliki Attiki,
Municipality: Vari - Voula - Vouliagmeni,
Closest Settlement: Vari
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 8617/323/11-3-1985 (OGG 163/Β/28-3-1985)
  • GR3000006 - Ymittos - Aisthitiko Dasos Kaisarianis - Limni Vouliagmenis (Special Area of Conservation): 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
  • GR3000015 - Oros Ymittos (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
  • Allagelena gracilens (C. L. Koch, 1841), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Diacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880), Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Eopolita protensa (A. Férussac, 1832), Riedel 1959, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
  • Podonta aubei Mulsant, 1856, Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906, Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Trechus austriacus Dejean, 1831, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Trechus subnotatus Dejean, 1831, Coiffait 1955, Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Trypocopris alpinus (Sturm & Hagenbach, 1825), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Scarabeidae
Cave references
  • Deligiorgi-Alexopoulou, Ch. 1985. The caves of Attiki dedicated to deity Panas. Archaiologia, 15: 45-53
  • Deligiorgi-Alexopoulou, Ch. 1980. The caves of Attiki dedicated to deity Panas: findings and excavations. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 17:126-176.
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bolzern, A. 2010. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Tegenaria- Malthonica -complex (Araneae, Agelenidae), using morphological and molecular data.. PHD Thesis. Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Switzerland, 292pp
  • Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
  • 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. 1974. Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti dele isole Ionie a della Morea. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 155-175.
  • 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.
  • Coiffait, H. 1955. Sur quelques Coléoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes Biospeol., 10 (2): 205-209.
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Riedel, A. 1959. Die von Dr. K. Lindberg in Griechenland gesammelten Zonitidae (Gastropoda). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 18 (6): 89-117.
  • 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. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Nymfoliptou, Vari, Vari - Voula - Vouliagmeni, Attiki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 08.01.2024, Accessed 19.04.2026