Spilaio Varvaras

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Lakonia,
Municipality: Sparti,
Closest Settlement: Kryoneri
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2550006 - Oros Taygetos - Spilaio Trachilas - Spilaio Vatsinidi (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
  • GR2550009 - Oros Taygetos - Lagkada Trypis (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., Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Dolichopoda unicolor Chopard, 1964, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Duvalius genesti Casale & Vigna Tagliandi, 1984, Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1984, Casale et al. 1993, Casale & Lebenbauer 2010, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Duvalius taygetanus Casale, 1979, Casale 1979, Casale et al. 1993, Casale & Lebenbauer 2010, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Elasmopterus laconicus (Cerruti, 1973), Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Laemostenus casalei Dubault & Lassalle, 1991, Casale 1988, Dubault & Lassalle 1991, Casale & Lebenbauer 2010, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Muelleriella taygetana Casale, 1983, Casale 1983, Casale & Lebenbauer 2010, Beron 2016, Fresneda et al. 2024, Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Speluncarius sp., Casale 1983, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
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.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Casale, A. & Lebenbauer, T. 2010. Notes on the Duvalius species of the Taygetos massif (Peloponnese, Southern Greece), with description of the male features of Duvalius (Duvalius) mirei Deuve, 2001 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 42 (2): 395-404.
  • Casale, A. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1984. Un nuovo Duvalius del Peloponneso (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 17 (2): 301-308.
  • Casale, A. 1979. Note su alcuni Duvalius del Peloponneso, con descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Subf. Trechinae). Ent. basil., 4: 173-186.
  • Casale, A. 1983. Nuovi Carabidae e Catopidae endogei e cavernicoli dei Balcani meridionali e dell΄ Asia Minore (Coleoptera). Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino, 1 (2): 243-278.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dubault, G. & Lassalle, B. 1991. Un nouveau Laemostenus de Grèce (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini). L' Entomologist, 47 (2): 87-90.
  • Fresneda J, Giachino P M, Salgado J M, Faille A, Bourdeau C, Cieslak A e Ribera I. 2024. A phylogenetic classification of Leptodirini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 101(1): 3–936. doi: 10.4081/memoriesei.2024.3.
  • Giachino PM, Allegro G & Vailati D 2024. The blind Pterostichini of south-eastern Europe and Anatolia. Synopsis of the Speluncarius+Tapinopterus complex with emphasis on Greek taxa (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichini).. World Biodiversity Association, Verona. Vol. 6: 400
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Varvaras, Kryoneri, Sparti, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 10.02.2026, Accessed 18.04.2026