Varathro Provatina

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
  • Bonetogastrura cavicola (Börner 1901), Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Poduromorpha / Family: Hypogastruridae
  • Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovsky, 1879, Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Enchytraeida / Family: Enchytraeidae
  • Enchytronia hellenica Dumnicka, 1979, Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Enchytraeida / Family: Enchytraeidae
  • Enchytronia sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Enchytraeida / Family: Enchytraeidae
  • Eudorylaimus sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Dorylaimida / Family: Qudsianematidae
  • Folsomia quadrioculata (Tullberg, 1871), Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Entomobryomorpha / Family: Isotomidae
  • Henlea sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Enchytraeida / Family: Enchytraeidae
  • Iotonchus sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Mononchida / Family: Anatonchidae
  • Monhystera sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Chromadorea / Order: Monhysterida / Family: Monhysteridae
  • Mononchus sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Mononchida / Family: Mononchidae
  • Nygolaimus sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Dorylaimida / Family: Nygolaimidae
  • Onychiuroides pseudogranulosus (Gisin, 1951), Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Poduromorpha / Family: Onychiuridae
  • Plectus sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Chromadorea / Order: Plectida / Family: Plectidae
  • Protaphorura glebata (Gisin, 1952), Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Poduromorpha / Family: Onychiuridae
  • Rhabditis sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Secernentea / Order: Rhabditida / Family: Rhabditidae
  • Tripyla sp., Dumnicka 1979
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Triplonchida / Family: Tripylidae
Species references
  • Dumnicka, E. 1979. Remarks on invertebrate fauna of the cave Provatina (Greece) with a description of a new species of the family Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., 27 (12): 1041-1046.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Varathro Provatina, 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 18.04.2026