Spilaio Chavara

Higher Geography
Region: Attiki,
Sub-Region: Anatoliki Attiki,
Municipality: Kropia,
Closest Settlement: Kitsi
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

A small cave (20m long, 3.5 to 0.5m in height) located on a hill, 2km east from Kitsi settlement (140m a.s.l.)

Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum blanci (Brölemann, 1932), Strasser 1974, Stoev et al. 2008, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1975, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763), Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979b, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1953. The cave of Chavara. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 2:93–95.
  • Santorinaios, I. 1946. Speleological researches (1946) of the speleological research team of the HER, department of Athens. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 100–125.
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. 1974. Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti dele isole Ionie a della Morea. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 155-175.
  • 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.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1975. Neues Isopoden-Material aus Griechenland. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 184: 27-66.
  • Stoev, P., Sierwald, P. & Billey, A. 2008. An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda).. Zootaxa, 1706:1–50.
  • Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
  • Vandel, A. 1955. Isopodes terrestres récoltés dans les grottes de l΄ Attique par M. Pierre Strinati. Notes biospeol., 10 (1): 51-61.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Chavara, Kitsi, Kropia, Attiki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 08.09.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026