Spilaio Kakavoulas

Higher Geography
Region: Attiki,
Sub-Region: Notios Tomeas Attikis,
Municipality: Kropia,
Closest Settlement: Vari
Cave Synonyms
Kakavoula cave, Saligkaros cave
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR3000006 - Ymittos - Aisthitiko Dasos Kaisarianis - Limni Vouliagmenis (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
  • GR3000015 - Oros Ymittos (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
  • Alopecosa albofasciata (Brullé, 1832), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Lycosidae
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Vandel 1959, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Euscorpius sp., Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Maimuna vestita (C.L. Koch, 1841), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Philodromus collinus (C.L. Koch, 1835), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Philodromidae
  • Ploiaria domestica Scopoli, 1786, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Hemiptera / Family: Reduviidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Lindberg 1955d, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Zelotes clivicola (L. Koch, 1870), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Gnaphosideae
Cave references
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
  • Santorinaios, I. 1949. Speleological researches (1949) of the speleological research team of the HMA, department of Athens. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 42–59.
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.
  • 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
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1977. Taxonomic study and geographical distribution of Chiroptera in Greece. PhD. Thesis. Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Patra, Patra, 173 pp (in Greek)
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Ondrias, J. C. 1965. Die Säugetiere Griechenlands. Säugetierk. Mitt., 13 (3): 109-127.
  • 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.
  • Van Laar, V. & Daan, S. 1964. On some Chiroptera from Greece. Beaufortia, 120 (10): 158-166.
  • Vandel, A. 1959. La faune isopodique cavernicole de la Grèce continentale (Récoltes du Dr. K. Lindberg, Lund). Notes biospeol., 13 (2): 131-139.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kakavoulas, Vari, 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 25.10.2023, Accessed 19.04.2026