Spilaio Grava tou Fossa

Higher Geography
Region: Ionioi Nisoi,
Sub-Region: Kerkyra,
Municipality: Kerkyra,
Closest Settlement: Pandokratoras
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Brignoli 1977, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Zoufalia corcyrea (Reitter, 1884), Reitter 1884, Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
  • Besuchet, C. 1993. Pselaphides cavernicoles de Grèce (Coleoptera). Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 223-229.
  • 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. 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.
  • Hlaváč, P., Ozimec, R. & Pavićević, D. 2008. Catalogue of the troglobitic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan peninsula, with a key to genera. In Pavićević, D.;Perreau, M. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 307-328.
  • Reitter, E. 1884. Resultate einer coleopterologischen Sammel-Campagne während den Nonateen Februar bis April 1883 auf den Jonischen Inseln. Dt. ent. Z., 28: 101-122.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Grava tou Fossa, Pandokratoras, 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 10.02.2026, Accessed 09.03.2026