Spilaio Drakou

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Kastoria,
Municipality: Kastoria,
Closest Settlement: Kastoria
Cave Synonyms
"Grotte Manthos"
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR1320001 - Limni Kastorias (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
  • GR1320003 - Limni Orestias (Kastorias) (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
  • K112 - Limni-Vouno Kastorias [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 717/Β/1997
Fauna
  • Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Omodeo 1955, Szederjesi et al. 2017
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Crassiclitellata / Family: Lumbricidae
  • Clanoptilus spinipennis (Germar, 1824), Lindberg 1955b
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Malachiidae
  • Daphnia longispina (O. F. Müller, 1776), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Branchiopoda / Order: Anomopoda / Family: Daphnidae
  • Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Diacyclops zschokkei (Graeter, 1910), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804, Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Limoniidae
  • Macrocyclops fuscus (Jurine 1820), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Anobiidae
Cave references
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
  • Nikolopoulos, I. 1954. The cave Drakou, Kastoria. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 1:2–3.
  • Pallikaropoulos, K. 1969. The cave Drakou, Kastoria (CRNr 531). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:58–67.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
  • Vasilopoulos, S. 1958. Speleological researches in Kastoria. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 4:103–109.
  • Zervoudakis, I. 1964. The cave of Kastoria or Drakos cave (CRNr 531). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:146–152.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
  • 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)
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1983. Bats parasites and their relations to human health. Proceedings of the International Meeting on the show caves and their problems. Publisher, Athens, September 1-3, 1983. pp. 237-243.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Omodeo, P. 1955. Lombrichi cavernicoli di Grecia e Turchia raccolti dal Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, 7: 1-16.
  • Szederjesi, T., Vavoulidou, E., Chalkia, C., Dányi, L. & Csuzdi, C. 2017. An annotated checklist of earthworms of Greece (Clitellata: Megadrili). Zootaxa, 4272 (1): 57-82.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Drakou, Kastoria, Kastoria, 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 03.05.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026