Spilaio Kourada

Higher Geography

Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Pella,
Municipality: Edessa,
Closest Settlement: Nisista

Cave Synonyms

Kuradska pestera

Cave type

Natural

Protection status

• GR1240008 - Oros Voras (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

• Dolichopoda remyi Chopard, 1934, Chopard 1940, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae

Cave references

• Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol. 6(2-3):107-118.

Species references

• Chopard, L. 1940. Orthoptères cavernicoles recueillis par P. Remy en Yougoslavie et en Macédoine. Comparaison entre la distribution des Orthoptères et des Coléoptères cavernicoles d΄ Europe. 6eme Congres Intern. Ent. Madrid., Madrid. pp. 509-514.
• 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.
• Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kourada, Nisista, Edessa, Kentriki Makedonia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 04.02.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026