Spilaio Irakleitsas

Higher Geography
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Kavala,
Municipality: Pangaio,
Closest Settlement: Nea Irakleitsa
Cave Synonyms
Antron Nymfon, Cyclope's cave, Grotte dite des Cyclopes
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

Lindberg (1955) and all the authors referring to his collected material from this cave use the name "Grotte dite des Cyclopes" (Cyclope's cave). The cave's name is Nymphes' cave (Antron Nymfon) or cave of Irakleitsa (Spilaio Irakleitsas) (Bakalakis 1938).

Fauna
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Dailognatha caraboides Solier, 1835, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Dixus obscurus (Dejean, 1825), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Euscorpius sp., Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Harpactea rubicunda (C. L. Koch, 1838), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Laemostenus cimmerius (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823), Coiffait 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Limoniidae
  • Megaphyllum hercules (Verhoeff, 1901), Lang 1964, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Metaplatybunus grandissimus (C.L. Koch, 1839), Roewer 1959
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Phalangiidae
  • Ocypus olens (O. Müller, 1764), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
  • Pachycarus atrocoeruleus Waltl, 1838, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761), Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Salticidae
  • Pimelia subglobosa (Pallas, 1781), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Tipula soosi Mannheims, 1954, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Tipulidae
  • Zacheus crista (Brullé, 1832), Roewer 1959
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Phalangiidae
  • Zelotes femellus (L. Koch, 1866), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Gnaphosideae
Cave references
  • Bakalakis, G. 1938. Excavation at Kavala and the surrounding area. Proceedings of the Archaeological Society (1938): 75-102
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
Species references
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Coiffait, H. 1955. Sur quelques Coléoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes Biospeol., 10 (2): 205-209.
  • Lang, J. 1964. Diplopoden aus Griechenland, Kreta, der Türkei und Iran aus dem Sammlungen von Dr. K. Lindberg. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohemoslov., 28 (3): 237-246.
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Irakleitsas, Nea Irakleitsa, Pangaio, 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 08.06.2018, Accessed 31.01.2026