Spilaio Katsouri

Higher Geography

Region: Ionioi Nisoi,
Sub-Region: Kerkyra,
Municipality: Kerkyra,
Closest Settlement: Apolysoi

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Allochernes powelli (Kew, 1916), Mahnert 1975, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
• Filistata insidiatrix (Forskål, 1775), Brignoli 1982, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Filistatidae
• Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763), Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Hypnophila zacynthia (Roth, 1855), Sturany 1904, Gittenberger 1977, Gittenberger 2000, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Azecidae
• Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
• Mediterranea ionica (A. Riedel & Subai, 1978), Riedel 1978, Riedel & Subai 1982, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
• Neobisium odysseum (Beier, 1929), Beier 1929a, Beier 1932, Wolf 1937a, Wolf 1938, Mahnert 1975, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
• Sciocochlea collasi (Sturany, 1904), Sturany 1904, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Gittenberger 1977, Gittenberger 1985, Gittenberger 1986, Gittenberger 2000, Reischütz et al. 2016
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Clausiliidae
• Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
• Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979b, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae

Species references

• Beier, M. 1929. Zoologische Forschungreise nach den Jonischen Inseln und dem Peloponnes. I und II Teil (Pseudoscorpionidea). Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 138 (8): 425-456.
• Beier, M. 1932. Pseudoscorpionidea I. Subord Chthoniinea et Neobisiinea. Das Tierreich, 57: 1-258.
• 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. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1982. Contribution à la connaissance des Filistatidae paléarctiques (Araneae). Rev. Arachnol., 4: 65-75.
• Gittenberger, E. 1977. Cave snails from Corfu, Greece. Com. 6e Simposium Espeleol. Terrassa 1977., Terrassa. pp. 47-53.
• Gittenberger, E. 1985. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pupillacea. XI. Speleodentorcula beroni gen. & spec. nov. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orculidae) aus einer Höhle in Euböa, Griechenland. Zool. Meded., Leiden, 59 (19): 221-227.
• Gittenberger, E. 1986. Zoogeographical notes concerning the terrestrial mollusca of the Ionian Islands Kerkyra, Lefkas and Kephallinia. Biol. gallo-hellen., 12: 363-370.
• Gittenberger, E. 2000. Serrulininae in Greece, there may be more (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae).. Basteria 64:81-87
• Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
• Mahnert, V. 1975. Griechische Höhlenpseudoskorpione. Rev. suisse Zool., 82 (1): 169-184.
• Reischütz, A., Reischütz, V. P. L. & Szekeres, M. 2016. The Clausiliidae subfamily Phaedusinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Balkans. Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft, 23: 93-117.
• Riedel, A. & Subai, P. 1982. Beschreibung einer neuen Oxychilus - Art aus Kreta nebst neuen Angaben über Oxychilus ionicus (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Arch. Molluskenk., 112 (1/6): 21-26.
• Riedel, A. 1978. Kritische Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zur Kenntnis der Superfamilie Daudebardiinae (Gastropoda, Zonitidae) mit Verzeichnis aller akzeptierten Arten. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 34 (8): 139-206.
• Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
• Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
• Sturany, R. 1904. Über einige von Herrn G. Paganetti - Hummler entdeckte Höhlenschhnecken. Nachrbl. dtsch. malakol. Ges., 36 (3): 103-107.
• Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. I. - Praefatio, introductio, bibliographia. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 106.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Katsouri, Apolysoi, Kerkyra, 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 05.04.2018, Accessed 07.03.2026