Cave fauna of Greece database

Anonymous cave on Olympos Mount (310)

Higher Geography: Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Pieria,
Municipality: Dion - Olympos,
Closest Settlement: Litochoro

Description / Comments: A short description is given by Weirather (Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011). It is a small cave (10 to 12m long) situated at the foot of the north slope of the eastern cone of Nana the mountain Bara above the location Bara (Olympos mt).

Protection status

GR1250001 - Oros Olympos (Special Protection Area - 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

Fauna

Molops sp., Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
Nebria sp., Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
Tapinopterus meschniggi (Schatzmayr, 1928), Müller 1931, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
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.
Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
Müller, G. 1931. Neue und wenig bekannte Carabiden von Leo Weirather auf der Balkanhalbinsel und in Kleinasien gesammelt. Kol. Rundsch., 17: 209-223.
Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Anonymous cave on Olympos Mount (310), Litochoro, Dion - Olympos, 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 04.10.2018, Accessed 17.04.2026