Spilaio Drakoneras

Higher Geography
Region: Attiki,
Sub-Region: Anatoliki Attiki,
Municipality: Marathonas,
Closest Settlement: Kato Souli
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR3000003 - Ethniko Parko Schinia - Marathona (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • GR3000016 - Ygrotopos Schinia (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
Fauna
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Diacyclops zschokkei (Graeter, 1910), Lindberg 1955b, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851), Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Hypebaeus flavicollis (Erichson, 1840), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Malachiidae
  • Niphargus lindbergi S. Karaman, 1956, Karaman 1956, Bou 1971, Beron 2016, Karaman 2018, Ntakis et al. 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Niphargidae
  • Niphargus sp., Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Niphargidae
  • Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Uloboridae
Cave references
  • 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.
  • Bou, C. 1971. Observations sur la faune des eaux souterraines de Grèce. International speleological meeting, second in Greece. Athens 1971. Publisher, Athens. pp. 243-256.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Karaman, S. 1956. III Beitrag zur Kenntnis griechischer Niphargiden. Folia Balcanica, 1: 1-8.
  • Karaman S. G. 2018. Further discovery of new or partially known taxa of the genus Niphargus Schiodte, 1849 (Fam. Niphargidae) in Greece (contribution to the knowledge of the amphipoda 302). Agriculture & Forestry, 64 (2): 5-31
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Ntakis A, Karaouzas I, Fišer C & Stoch F. 2020. An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece. . Zootaxa, 4772(3), 517–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5
  • 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. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Drakoneras, Kato Souli, Marathonas, Attiki. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 03.05.2018, Accessed 18.10.2025