Varathro Stou Diakoumou ti Riza

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Rethymno,
Municipality: Amari,
Closest Settlement: Platanos

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Trichoniscus lindbergi Vandel, 1958, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
• 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 Varathro Stou Diakoumou ti Riza, Platanos, Amari, 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 18.04.2026