Spilaio Atsiganospilios

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Agios Nikolaos,
Closest Settlement: Adrianou

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Amaurobius cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Amaurobiidae
• Dolichopoda paraskevii Boudou-Saltet, 1973, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Taylan & Şirin 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
• Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763), Gasparo 2003, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1985, Hanak et al. 2001, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
• Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979, Bosmans et al. 2013
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
• Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958), Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
• Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Trichoniscus cavernicola Vandel, 1958, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
• Troglophilus spinulosus Chopard, 1921, Gasparo 2006, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae

Cave references

• Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione 48:59-62.
• Perdikaki, M., Paragamian, K., Koltsikoglou, M., Nathenas, I. 2006. The caves “Atsinganospilios” and “Marido(n)” and the pothole “Voreini Latsida” at Adrianos, Agios Nikolaos (Lasithi, Kriti). In Paragamian, K. and D. Choreftaki. Proceedings of the 2nd Pancretan Speleological Symposium dedicated to the memory of Eleftherios Platakis Irakleio Crete Hellenic Speleological Society, Department of Crete. 111-114.
• Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.

Species references

• Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
• Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
• Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanak, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., Chudarkova, A., Hulva, P. & Horacek, I. 2009. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72 (3-4): 105-190.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
• 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.
• Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
• Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
• Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
• Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
• Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
• Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1977. Taxonomic study and geographical distribution of Chiroptera in Greece. PhD. Thesis. Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Patra, Patra, 173 pp (in Greek)
• Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1983. Bats parasites and their relations to human health. Proceedings of the International Meeting on the show caves and their problems. Publisher, Athens, September 1-3, 1983. pp. 237-243.
• Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1985. New records of the occurrence of the genus Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Greece. Mammalia, 49 (1): 131-133.
• 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.
• Taylan M.S., Şirin D. 2016. Speciation of the genus Dolicophoda in Anatolia with reference to the role of ancient central lake system. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47(3): 267-283

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Atsiganospilios, Adrianou, Agios Nikolaos, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 28.10.2025