Spilaio Kosta

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Florina,
Municipality: Prespes,
Closest Settlement: Krystalopigi
Cave Synonyms
Dupka u Rendebučje, Kosta jama, Höhle 311
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

A short description is given by Weirather (Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011). It is a 14 m deep shaft to the debris cone and a small side hall at the bottom. Weirather named the cave after his guide Petro Kostan from Krystalopigi.

Fauna
  • Albaniola ulbrichi Jeannel, 1929, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Zoia & Rampini 1991, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016, Faille & Giachino 2024, Fresneda et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Duvalius boschi Jeannel, 1929, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Trechus weiratheri Jeannel, 1929, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Faille A, Giachino PM 2024. Iason paragamiani n. sp. from a cave in Crete (Greece) with notes about morphological specialization to subterranean environment in endogean Anillini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2024.2348658
  • Fresneda J, Giachino P M, Salgado J M, Faille A, Bourdeau C, Cieslak A e Ribera I. 2024. A phylogenetic classification of Leptodirini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 101(1): 3–936. doi: 10.4081/memoriesei.2024.3.
  • Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
  • Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
  • Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
  • Zoia S. & Rampini, M. 1991. Ridescrizione di Albaniola thessalica (Reitter, 1887) con note sulla sua posizione sistematica (Coleoptera, Cholevidae). Fragm. Entomol., Roma, 23(1): 93-100.. Fragm. Entomol., Roma, 23(1): 93-100
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kosta, Krystalopigi, Prespes, Dytiki Makedonia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 04.04.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026