Small cave near Larisa

Higher Geography
Region: Thessalia,
Sub-Region: Larisa,
Municipality: Agia,
Closest Settlement: Stomio
Cave Synonyms
Kryfos Spilios
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

It is probably the cave  Kryfos Spilios. Petroceilou (1972) explored it on November 11, 1970. She reports the collection of Dolochopoda cave crickets to be studied by specialists. Kryfos Spilios is a small cave (2m wide, 15m long). It is located at Pouria, 500m a.s.l., 10km away from Stomio on the right side of the dirt road Plevna-Alataries-rema Pouri-rema Periseras.

Fauna
  • Dolichopoda annae Boudou-Saltet, 1973, Boudou-Saltet 1973b, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1972. The cave “o Kryfos Spilios” of Stomio, Larisa (CRNr 3639). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 11:177–180.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1973. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce VI. Dolichopoda annae, nouvelle espèce de Thessalie. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (2): 169-174.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • 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.
  • 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 Small cave near Larisa, Stomio, Agia, Thessalia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 19.09.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026