Spilaio Ermi

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Korinthia,
Municipality: Xylokastro - Evrostini,
Closest Settlement: Zireia
Cave Synonyms
Ermou-Spiliá cave, Höhle 332, Tripa pulju nocto in Kylene
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2530001 - Koryfes Orous Kyllini (Ziria) kai Charadra Flampouritsa (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
  • GR2530006 - Oros Zireia (Kyllini) (Special Protection Area): 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
  • Dolichopoda sp., Di Russo et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Duvalius kyllenicus Scheibel, 1937, Scheibel 1937, Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1990, Sciaky 1992, Casale et al. 1993, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016, Casale et al. 2017, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Casale et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Duvalius lucarellii Casale & Vigna Tagliandi, 1990, Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1990, Sciaky 1992, Casale et al. 1993, Beron 2016, Casale et al. 2017, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Casale et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel,1882), Zapparoli 1984, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Lithobiomorpha / Family: Lithobiidae
  • Laemostenus peloponnesiacus Casale, 1982, Casale 1982, Casale 1988, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Plusiocampa caprai Condé, 1950, Sendra et al. 2020a
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
Cave references
  • Angelopoulou, E. 1935. The cave of Ermis at Zireia. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 2:16-19.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1972. The cave “Ermou” or “Panos” or “Apollonos” or “Troupa” of Kyllini (Zireia), CRNr 311. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 11:116–123.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Casale, A. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1990. Note su Duvalius di Grecia con descrizione di cinque specie nuove (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 22 (2): 323-368.
  • Casale, A. 1982. Nuovi Carabidi del Marocco, di Grecia e di Papua-Nuova Guinea (Coleoptera). Rev. suisse Zool., 89 (1): 229-244.
  • Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Rampini, M. 1993. Il genere Duvalius in Grecia: stato attuale delle conoscenze, interesse biogeografico e descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 20 (1): 303-335.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P.M., Vailati, D. & Felix, R. 2017. The genus Duvalius in Mount Pílio (Thessalia, Greece), with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera Carabidae Trechinae).. Boll. Soc. Entom. It. 149:119-130.
  • Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2018. Notes on the genus Duvalius in the Pindos chain (Greece), with descriptions of D. (Duvalius) owensi n. sp. and D. (Duvalius) loebli n. sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini). Ent. Bl. Col. 114:133–143
  • 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.
  • Di Russo, C., Kofinas-Kallergis, G., Alexiou, S. & Rampini, M. 2019. New records of Dolichopoda (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from Peloponnisos, Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 4: 55-63
  • Hlaváč, P., Perreau, M. & Čeplík D. 2017. The Subterranean Beetles of the Balkan Peninsula: Carabidae, Leiodidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Bothrideridae, Zopheridae, Salpingidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae.. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Praha, Chez Republic. 267 pp.
  • 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.
  • Scheibel, O. 1937. Neue Trechini aus Griechenland und Albanien. Ent. Bl., 33 (4): 273-283.
  • Sciaky R. 1992. Note su Carabidae cavernicoli ed endogei di Grecia, con descrizione di Duvalius casalei n. sp. (Carabidae, Coleoptera).. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10:295–305.
  • Sendra A., Antić D., Barranco P., Borko Š., Christian E., Delić T., Fadrique F., Faille A., Galli L., Gasparo F., Georgiev D., Giachino P.M., Kováč L., Lukić M., Marcia P., Miculinić K., Nicolosi G., Palero F., Paragamian K., Pérez T., Polak S., Prieto C. 2020. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 591: 1–138. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.591
  • Zapparoli, M. 1984. Note su alcune specie del gen. Eupolybothrus della fauna di Grecia (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Fragm. Entomol., 17 (2): 195-209.
  • Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Ermi, Zireia, Xylokastro - Evrostini, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 18.02.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026