Mine gallery at Skala Rachoniou

Higher Geography

Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki,
Sub-Region: Kavala,
Municipality: Thasos,
Closest Settlement: Skala Rachoniou

Cave Synonyms

Skala Rachoniou Unnamed cave

Cave type

Artificial

Fauna

• Acanthopetalum sp., Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
• Plusiocampa lindbergi Condé, 1956, Sendra et al. 2025
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
• Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Naumova et al. 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• 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.
• Sendra A, Stoev P, Selfa J 2025. Cave-adapted Plusiocampinae (Diplura, Campodeidae) from the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72(2): 317-340

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Mine gallery at Skala Rachoniou, Skala Rachoniou, Thasos, 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 11.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026