Spilaio Riganiou

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Ellada,
Sub-Region: Aitoloakarnania,
Municipality: Nafpaktos,
Closest Settlement: Rigani
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda sp., Di Russo et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Ephippiochthonius tuberculatus (Hadži, 1937), Gardini & Gavalas 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Euscorpius giachinoi Tropea & Fet, 2015, Tropea & Fet 2015, Blasco-Aróstegui & Prendini 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Otiorhynchus vailatianus Osella, 2008, Osella 2008, Magnano & Alonso-Zarazaga 2013, Morrone & Hlaváč 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Curculionidae
Species references
  • Blasco-Aróstegui J, Prendini L. 2024. Redescription of Euscorpius studentium Based on Adult Specimens; Updated Classification of Cavernicolous Euscorpiidae; and Review of Cavernicolous Scorpions in the Balkans. Diversity, 2024; 16(12):737. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120737
  • 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.
  • Gardini G, Gavalas I 2021. The Pseudoscorpions of the island of Iraklia (Cyclades, Greece). Parnassiana Archives, 9: 43-78
  • Magnano, L. & Alonso-Zarazaga, M.Á. 2013. Otiorhynchini.. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Curculionoidea II. Brill, Leiden, pp. 302–347.
  • Morrone J. & Hlaváč P. 2017. Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).. Zootaxa, 4239:1–102.
  • Osella, G. 2008. Otiorhynchus (Ioniorhynchus?) vailatianus n. sp. (Coleoptera Curculionidae Entiminae).. Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 32: 87–90
  • Tropea, G. & Fet, V. 2015. Two new Euscorpius species from central-western Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius, 199: 1-16.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Riganiou, Rigani, Nafpaktos, Dytiki Ellada. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026