Spilaio Choirospilia

Higher Geography
Region: Ionioi Nisoi,
Sub-Region: Lefkada,
Municipality: Lefkada,
Closest Settlement: Evgiros
Cave Synonyms
Kirospiha Cave
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda gasparoi Rampini & Di Russo, 2008, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Gasparo 2004b, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1966. Speleological researches in the areas of Apolpaini and Agios Ioannis, Lefkada. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 8:182–195.
Species references
  • Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • Gasparo, F. 2004. Ricerche biospeleologiche nelle isole Ionie meridionali. Progressione, 51 (2): 82-84.
  • 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
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Pavesi, F. & Cobolli, M. 2008. The genus Dolichopoda in Greece. A description of new species from the Ionian Regions and Peloponnisos (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Zootaxa, 17 (1923): 1-17.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2024. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Choirospilia, Evgiros, Lefkada, 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 22.03.2018, Accessed 02.05.2024