Spilaio Katafygi

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Messinia,
Municipality: Dytiki Mani,
Closest Settlement: Agios Dimitrios
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Attheyella crassa (Sars G.O., 1863), Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Canthocamptidae
  • Bryocamptus pygmaeus (G.O. Sars, 1863), Lindberg 1953a, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Canthocamptidae
  • Bryocamptus unisaetosus Kiefer, 1930, Lindberg 1955b, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Canthocamptidae
  • Cyphophthalmus paragamiani Karaman, 2009, Karaman 2009
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Sironidae
  • Dolichopoda unicolor Chopard, 1964, Lindberg 1955d, Chopard 1964, Chopard 1965, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Elaphoidella eucharis Chappuis, 1953, Chappuis 1953, Lindberg 1955c, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Canthocamptidae
  • Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851), Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
  • Mediostoma humerale (C.L. Koch, 1839), Roewer 1962, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Nemastomatidae
  • Paracyclops fimbriatus (Fischer, 1853), Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Speocyclops hellenicus Lindberg, 1953, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Franke 1989, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
Cave references
  • Ioannou, I. 1973. The cave “Katafygi” of Agios Dimitrios, Selinitsa, Mani (CRNr 36). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 12:53–54.
  • Ioannou, I. 1975. The cave "Katafygi" of Agios Dimitrios, Selinitsa, Mani (CRNr 36). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 13:147–151.
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1953. Speleological researches at Mani. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 2:9–25.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
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.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1953. Notes sur le Copépodes. 15. Un nouveau Parastenocaris de la vallée supérieure de la Weser (Hanovre). 16. Un nouvel Harpacticidae cavernicole de Grèce 17. Copépodes Haparcticoides de la grotte du Bosc (Tarn et Garonne). Notes Biospeol., 8 (1): 81-90.
  • Chopard, L. 1964. Descriptions d΄Orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 69 (1-2): 17-20.
  • Chopard, L. 1965. Résultats de la croisière du "Vema" en Méditerranée orientale. Orthoptères. Fragm. Entomol., 4 (6): 73-80.
  • 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.
  • Franke U. 1989. Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer COPEPODEN von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Carolinea - Beiträge zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland Beihefte 5:1–433
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1977. Taxonomic study and geographical distribution of Chiroptera in Greece. PhD. Thesis. Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Patra, Patra, 173 pp (in Greek)
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1983. Bats parasites and their relations to human health. Proceedings of the International Meeting on the show caves and their problems. Publisher, Athens, September 1-3, 1983. pp. 237-243.
  • Karaman, I. M. 2009. The taxonomical status and diversity of balkan sironids (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) with descriptions of twelve new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 156 (2): 260-318.
  • Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de la Grèce. Prak. hellen. hydrobiol. Inst., 6 (2): 19-40.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1962. Über einige mediterrane Arachniden. Fragm. Entomol., 4 (2): 11-18.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Katafygi, Agios Dimitrios, Dytiki Mani, Peloponnisos. 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 08.04.2026