Spilaio Pera Spilia

Higher Geography

Region: Dytiki Ellada,
Sub-Region: Achaia,
Municipality: Erymanthos,
Closest Settlement: Alepochori

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Histopona myops (Simon, 1885), Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae

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.
• Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Pera Spilia, Alepochori, Erymanthos, Dytiki Ellada. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 01.02.2018, Accessed 31.01.2026