Spilaio Fytidi

Higher Geography
Region: Ionioi Nisoi,
Sub-Region: Kefalonia,
Municipality: Kefalonia,
Closest Settlement: Karavomylos
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum sp., Strasser 1974, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Polydesmus ionicus Strasser, 1974, Strasser 1974, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Polydesmida / Family: Polydesmidae
  • Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Roncus pieperi Mahnert & Gardini, 2014, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert & Gardini 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
  • Typhloiulus hauseri Strasser, 1974, Strasser 1974, Vagalinski et al. 2015
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1969. The cave Fytidi Samis, Kefallinia (CRNr 3500). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:26–30.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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.
  • Mahnert, V. & Gardini, G. 2014. Cave-inhabiting pseudoscorpion species of the genus Roncus (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from western Greece, including the Ionian Islands. Arachnol. Mitt., 48: 28-37.
  • Mahnert, V. 1975. Griechische Höhlenpseudoskorpione. Rev. suisse Zool., 82 (1): 169-184.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1990. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 11. Beitrag: Gattung Chaetophiloscia (Philosciidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (1): 169-193.
  • Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
  • Vagalinski, B., Stoev, P. & Enghoff, H. 2015. A review of the millipede genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with a description of three new species from Bulgaria and Greece. Zootaxa, 39993 (3): 334-362.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Fytidi, Karavomylos, Kefalonia, Ionioi Nisoi. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 21.08.2024, Accessed 08.02.2026