Spilaio Ermakias

Higher Geography
Region: Dytiki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Kozani,
Municipality: Eordaia,
Closest Settlement: Ermakia
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki & Ondrias 1978, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki & Giagia 1984, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Palliduphantes byzantinus (Fage, 1931), Deeleman-Reinhold 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Cave references
  • Ioannou, I. 1970. The cave “Ermakias”, Kozani (CRNr 2226). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:111–115.
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.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1985. Contribution à la connaissance des Lepthyphantes du groupe pallidus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) de Yougoslavie, Grece et Chypre. Mem. Biospeol., 12: 37-50.
  • 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. & Giagia, E. B. 1984. Distribution Notes on Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) (Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae) from Greece, including the Karyotype of Specimens from Lesvos Island. Säugetierk. Mitt., 31: 135-139.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. & Ondrias, J. C. 1978. Population variation in Miniopterus schreibersi from Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 7 (1-2): 223-232.
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Ermakias, Ermakia, Eordaia, 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 31.01.2018, Accessed 01.11.2025