Spilaio Drakotrypa

Higher Geography
Region: Ipeiros,
Sub-Region: Arta,
Municipality: Kentrika Tzoumerka,
Closest Settlement: Drosopigi (Voulgareli)
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

A small cave 1,2 km west of Vourgareli. It consists of a semicircular room partially illuminated in daylight, with a diameter of about 15 m.

Fauna
  • Duvalius owensi Casale, Giachino & Vailati, 2018, Casale et al. 2018, Čeplík 2023
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • 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
Species references
  • Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2018. Notes on the genus Duvalius in the Pindos chain (Greece), with descriptions of D. (Duvalius) owensi n. sp. and D. (Duvalius) loebli n. sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini). Ent. Bl. Col. 114:133–143
  • Čeplík D. 2023. Supplementary data and taxonomic changes in the subterranean beetles of the Balkan Peninsula from July 1 2016 to September 30 2023, Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410430
  • 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
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Drakotrypa, Drosopigi (Voulgareli), Kentrika Tzoumerka, Ipeiros. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 17.02.2021, Accessed 07.03.2026