Spilaio Trypa Kolokotroni

Higher Geography

Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Arkadia,
Municipality: Gortynia,
Closest Settlement: Pyrgaki

Cave Synonyms

Höhle 326

Cave type

Natural

Description / Comments

According to the notes of Weirather (Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011), the cave is situated on a hill above an isolated church at Madara Mt, west of Pyrgaki village.

Fauna

• Laemostenus plasoni (Reitter, 1885), Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae

Species references

• Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
• 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 Spilaio Trypa Kolokotroni, Pyrgaki, Gortynia, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 17.04.2018, Accessed 02.05.2026