Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos)

Higher Geography
Region: Attiki,
Sub-Region: Nisoi Attikis,
Municipality: Kythira,
Closest Settlement: Mylopotamos
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Barusia laconica (Brignoli, 1974), Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Cataleptoneta semipinnata Wang & Li, 2010, Wang & Li 2010
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Ephippiochthonius tetrachelatus (Preyssler, 1790), Mahnert 1978, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Eukoenenia juberthiei Condé, 1974, Condé 1979b, Condé 1996, Harvey 2003, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Palpigradi / Family: Eukoeneniidae
  • Iurus dufoureius (Brullé, 1832), Soleglad et al. 2012
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Iuridae
  • Kithironiscus paragamiani Schmalfuss, 1995, Schmalfuss 1995, Schmidt & Leistikow 2004, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Scleropactidae
  • Plusiocampa sp., Sendra et al. 2020a
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
  • Tegenaria hauseri Brignoli, 1979, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979b, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Papadaki M, Paragamian, K., Dedegian, G., Zervaki E, Karali A, Nikoloudakis I, Prinolakis K, Sfakianakis E, Foteinakis K. 2006. Speleological researches at Kythira. In Paragamian, K. and D. Choreftaki. Proceedings of the 2nd Pancretan Speleological Symposium dedicated to the memory of Eleftherios Platakis Irakleio Crete Hellenic Speleological Society, Department of Crete. 83-89.
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1955. The cave Agia Sofia of Mylopotamos, Kythira (Ar 16). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 3:87–96.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1970. The cave “Agias Sofias” of Mylopotamos, Kythira (CRNr 16). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:102–110.
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
  • Ballarin F., Salmaso R. & Latella L. 2020. The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 60:23-26
  • 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. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
  • 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.
  • Condé, B. 1979. Palpigrades de Grèce, de Guyane et du Kenya. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 167-179.
  • Condé, B. 1996. Les Palpigrades, 1885-1995: acquisitions et lacunes. Proceedings of thé XlIIth International Congress of Arachnology. Rev. suisse Zool.. pp. 87-106.
  • Dimitriou CA , Sfenthourakis S. 2022. An all-inclusive approach: A universal protocol for the successful amplification of four genetic loci of all Onscidea. MethodsX (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101762
  • Harvey, M. S. 2003. Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World. Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 398.
  • Mahnert, V. 1978. Weitere Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones) aus griechische Höhlen. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 273-298.
  • Mammola S, Fernanda M, Rezende V, Marco S, Ferreira RL. 2021. Global distribution of microwhip scorpions (Arachnida: Palpigradi). Journal of Biogeography, 00:1–13.
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1995. Die Landisopoden Griechenlands 16. Beitrag: Gattungen Xeroprocellio und Kithironiscus gen. n. (Crustacea: Oniscoidea: Screropactidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 97b: 139-150.
  • Schmidt, C. & Leistikow, A. 2004. Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea). Steenstrupia, 28: 1-118.
  • Sendra A., Antić D., Barranco P., Borko Š., Christian E., Delić T., Fadrique F., Faille A., Galli L., Gasparo F., Georgiev D., Giachino P.M., Kováč L., Lukić M., Marcia P., Miculinić K., Nicolosi G., Palero F., Paragamian K., Pérez T., Polak S., Prieto C. 2020. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 591: 1–138. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.591
  • Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V., Kovařík, F. & Yağmur, E. A. 2012. Etudes on Iurids, V. Further Revision of Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a Description of a New Genus and Two New Species. Euscorpius, 143: 1-70.
  • Wang, C. & Li, S. 2010. Two new species of the spider genus Cataleptoneta from Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Zootaxa, 68 (2730): 57-68.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos), Mylopotamos, Kythira, 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 18.04.2026