Spilaio Agiou Andrea

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Ellada,
Sub-Region: Aitoloakarnania,
Municipality: Amfilochia,
Closest Settlement: Chalkiopouloi
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2110006 - Koilada Acheloou and Ori Valtou (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
  • K301 - Kanala (Valtou) [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 700/Β/1980
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda lustriae Rampini & Di Russo, 2008, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Ixodes sp., Bonzano & Calandri 1984, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Triphosa sp., Bonzano & Calandri 1984, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Lepidoptera / Family: Geometridae
Cave references
  • Bonzano, C. & Calandri, G. 1984. Osservazioni biospeleologiche preliminari su alcune cavità della Grecia occidentale. Grupo Speleologico Imperiese. Ricerche sul carsismo della Grecia occidentale. Soc. Speleol. Ital. 75-84.
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1957. Speleological researches at Valtos, Aitoloakarnania. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 4:11–18.
Species references
  • Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bonzano, C. & Calandri, G. 1984. Osservazioni biospeleologiche preliminari su alcune cavità della Grecia occidentale. In Calandri, G. Ricerche sul carsismo della Grecia occidentale. Publisher. pp. 75-84.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Pavesi, F. & Cobolli, M. 2008. The genus Dolichopoda in Greece. A description of new species from the Ionian Regions and Peloponnisos (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Zootaxa, 17 (1923): 1-17.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Agiou Andrea, Chalkiopouloi, Amfilochia, 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 19.09.2019, Accessed 19.04.2026