Spilaio Avras

Higher Geography
Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Pella,
Municipality: Almopia,
Closest Settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
Cave Synonyms
Pozarsca Mala Pestera
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR1240001 - Koryfes Orous Vora (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • GR1240008 - Oros Voras (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
Fauna
  • Cylisticus convexus (De Geer, 1778), Vandel 1946, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Cylisticidae
  • Dolichopoda remyi Chopard, 1934, Chopard 1934, Chopard 1940, Willemse 1984, Martinsen et al. 2009, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Lithobius micropodus (Matic, 1980), Verhoeff 1943, Rémy 1951, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Lithobiomorpha / Family: Lithobiidae
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833), Vandel 1946, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
  • Trachelipus kytherensis (Strouhal, 1929), Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Chopard, L. 1934. Diagnoses d΄ Orthoptères cavernicoles nouveaux. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 39: 137-139.
  • Chopard, L. 1940. Orthoptères cavernicoles recueillis par P. Remy en Yougoslavie et en Macédoine. Comparaison entre la distribution des Orthoptères et des Coléoptères cavernicoles d΄ Europe. 6eme Congres Intern. Ent. Madrid., Madrid. pp. 509-514.
  • 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.
  • Martinsen, L., Venanzetti, F. & Bachmann, L. 2009. Phylogeography and mitochondrial DNA divergence in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhahidophoridae). Hereditas, 146 (2): 33-45.
  • Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol., 6 (2-3): 107-118.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Vandel, A. 1946. Isopodes terrestres récoltés par M. le Professeur Remy au cours de ses voyages dans les régions balkaniques. Ann. Sci. nat. Zool., 11 (8): 151-194.
  • Verhoeff, K. W. 1943. Über Chilopoden aus westbalkanischen Höhlen.. Zeitschrift für Karst- und Höhlenkunde , 43: 133-152.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
  • Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Avras, Loutra Loutrakiou, Almopia, Kentriki Makedonia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 18.04.2019, Accessed 31.01.2026