Spilaio Foli Spilios

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Platanias,
Closest Settlement: Afrata
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4340003 - Chersonisos Rodopou - Paralia Maleme (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
  • Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Crassiclitellata / Family: Lumbricidae
  • Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1984
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
  • Prionoglaris stygia Enderlein, 1909, Lienhard 1988b, Lienhard 1998, Lienhard & Smithers 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Psocoptera / Family: Prionoglarididae
  • Tegenaria sp., Roewer 1959, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Trachelipus kytherensis (Strouhal, 1929), Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
Cave references
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de l΄ île de Crète. Fragm. balc. Skopje 1(19):165-174.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
  • Lienhard, C. and Smithers C.N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography.. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis V. Museum d’histoire naturelle, Genève, Switzerland, pp.xli + 745 pp.
  • Lienhard, C. 1988. Vorarbeiten zu einer Psocopteren-Fauna der Westpaläarktis : IV. die Gattung Prionoglaris Enderlein (Psocoptera : Prionoglarididae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entom. Ges. 61: 89-108
  • Lienhard, C. 1998. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens.. Faune de France 83. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences, Naturelles , xx + 517 pp.
  • Omodeo, P. 1956. Oligocheti dell΄ Indochina e del Mediterraneo Orientale. Mem. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona, 5: 321-336.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
  • Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Foli Spilios, Afrata, Platanias, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 26.03.2026, Accessed 17.04.2026