Spilaio Katafyki

Higher Geography
Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Kea-Kythnos,
Municipality: Kythnos,
Closest Settlement: Dryopida
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Brachytarsina flavipennis Macquart, 1851, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Streblidae
  • Chthonius sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Cordioniscus kithnosi Andreev, 1986, Andreev 1986, Schmalfuss & Erhard 1998, Andreev & Bozarova 2000, Schmalfuss 2003, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Styloniscidae
  • Dysdera sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Echinarmadillidium cycladicum Schmalfuss & Sfenthourakis, 1995, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
  • Eukoenenia sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Palpigradi / Family: Eukoeneniidae
  • Nopoiulus kochi (Gervais, 1847), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Blaniulidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Simplogonopus rubellus (Attems, 1902), Golovatch 2013a, Beron 2016, Vagalinski et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Polydesmida / Family: Trichopolydesmidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1967. The cave Katafyki (CRNr 3120). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 9:22–32.
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
  • Andreev, S. & Bozarova, F. 2000. Type material of Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea, Anthuridea) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 12: 25-32.
  • Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Golovatch, S. I. 2013. Three new species of the millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 from the Aegean region of Greece (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 1 (e1000): 1-13.
  • Schmalfuss, H. & Erhard, F. 1998. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 19. Beitrag: Gattung Cordioniscus (Styloniscidae). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 582: 1-20.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 654: 1-341.
  • Vagalinski B, Golovatch SI, Akkari N, Stoev P. 2019. Simplogonopus rubellus (Attems, 1902) gen. n., comb. n. (Diplopoda : Polydesmida : Trichopolydesmidae): Revealing the Identity of an Enigmatic Eastern-Mediterranean Millipede. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 71(3):325–334
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Katafyki, Dryopida, Kythnos, Notio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 27.05.2021, Accessed 03.04.2026