Spilaio Agias Elenis

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Kavala,
Municipality: Kavala,
Closest Settlement: Zygos
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Carinigera buresi (A. J. Wagner, 1928), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Clausiliidae
  • Cordioniscus vandeli Dalens, 1970, Dalens 1970, Schmalfuss 1979, Andreev 1986, Schmalfuss & Erhard 1998, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Styloniscidae
  • Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel,1882), Zapparoli 2002
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Lithobiomorpha / Family: Lithobiidae
  • Kryptonesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Nesticidae
  • Laemostenus plasoni (Reitter, 1885), Casale 1988, Casale & Giachino 1993, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Limax graecus Simroth, 1889, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Limacidae
  • Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880), Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Naumova et al. 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Morlina glabra (Rossmässler, 1835), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971, Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Tandonia totevi (Wiktor, 1975), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Milacidae
  • Trichoniscus rhodopiense Vandel, 1965, Andreev 1997, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1964. The cave Agia Eleni (CRNr 2503) of Zygos, Kavala. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:189–197.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
  • Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
  • Andreev, S. 1997. Contribution to the study of terrestrial isopods of Greece. 6. Cordioniscus kalimnosi n. sp., (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae). Hist. Nat. Bulg., 7: 13-16.
  • 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.
  • Casale, A. & Giachino, P. M. 1993. Distribution and biogeography of the subterranean Coleoptera (Insecta) in northeastern Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 231-238.
  • Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.
  • Dalens, H. 1970. Un nouveau représentant du genre Cordioniscus (Isopoda, Oniscoidea, Styloniscidae) récolté en Grèce du Nord. Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 105-108.
  • Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
  • 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
  • Huber B. A., Pavlek M., & Komnenov M. 2021. Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy, 752(1), 1–60. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Schmalfuss, H. & Erhard, F. 1998. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 19. Beitrag: Gattung Cordioniscus (Styloniscidae). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 582: 1-20.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2024. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Agias Elenis, Zygos, Kavala, Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 14.02.2024, Accessed 02.05.2024