Spilaio Pataragkou Trypa

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Kastoria,
Municipality: Kastoria,
Closest Settlement: Kastoria
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
  • Clanoptilus spinipennis (Germar, 1824), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Malachiidae
  • Eschatocephalus simplex (Neumann, 1906), Lindberg 1955d, Beaucournu 1966, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Limoniidae
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Nycteribia schmidli Schiner, 1853, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Kock 1974, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Penicillidia conspicua Speiser, 1901, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758), Beron 2016
    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.
  • Pallikaropoulos, K. 1970. The cave Pataragkou, Kastoria (CRNr 3620). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:47–49.
Species references
  • Aellen, V. 1955. Etude d΄ une collection de Nycterobiidae et de Streblidae (Diptera, Pupipara) de la région Palearctique occidentale, particulièrement de la Suisse. Bull. Soc. neuchatel. Sci. nat., 78: 81-104.
  • Beaucournu, J. C. 1966. Sur quelques Ixodoidea (Acarina) palearctiques infeodes aux micro-Chiropteres. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp., 41 (5): 495-502.
  • 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. 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)
  • 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.
  • Kock, D. 1974. Pupipare Dipteren von Säugetieren des nordöstlichen Mittelmeerraumes (Ins.: Diptera). Senckenbergiana biol., 55 (1/3): 87-104.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Pataragkou Trypa, 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 27.05.2018, Accessed 07.03.2026