Cave south of Epos

Higher Geography
Region: Ipeiros,
Sub-Region: Ioannina,
Municipality: Zagori,
Closest Settlement: Papigko
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2130001 - Ethnikos Drymos Vikou - Aoou (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
  • GR2130009 - Oros Tymfi (Gkamila) (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
  • Duvalius comottii Casale, Gianchino, Vailati & Vigna Taglianti, 1996, Casale et al. 1993, Casale et al. 1996, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Duvalius merisioi Casale, Gianchino, Vailati & Vigna Taglianti, 1996, Casale et al. 1993, Casale et al. 1996, Beron 2016, Casale et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Rampini, M. 1993. Il genere Duvalius in Grecia: stato attuale delle conoscenze, interesse biogeografico e descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 20 (1): 303-335.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1996. Specie nuove o poco note del genere Duvalius in Grecia (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 27 (2): 289-346.
  • Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2018. Notes on the genus Duvalius in the Pindos chain (Greece), with descriptions of D. (Duvalius) owensi n. sp. and D. (Duvalius) loebli n. sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini). Ent. Bl. Col. 114:133–143
  • Hlaváč, P., Perreau, M. & Čeplík D. 2017. The Subterranean Beetles of the Balkan Peninsula: Carabidae, Leiodidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Bothrideridae, Zopheridae, Salpingidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae.. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Praha, Chez Republic. 267 pp.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Cave south of Epos, Papigko, Zagori, Ipeiros. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 03.05.2018, Accessed 07.07.2026