Spilaio Chrysopigis

Higher Geography
Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Serres,
Municipality: Serres,
Closest Settlement: Chrysopigi_
Cave Synonyms
Nasioutsik
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Apodemus epimelas Nehring, 1902, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Rodentia / Family: Muridae
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
  • Diacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880), Lindberg 1955d
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Diacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926), Lindberg 1955d, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Eschatocephalus simplex (Neumann, 1906), Arthur 1956, Beaucournu 1966, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Eschatocephalus vespertilionis (Koch, 1844), Lindberg 1955d, Arthur 1956
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Laemostenus cimmerius (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823), Coiffait 1955, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Laemostenus krueperi L. Miller, 1884, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Laemostenus plasoni (Reitter, 1885), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Megaphyllum hercules (Verhoeff, 1901), Lang 1964, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Nesticidae
  • Nycteribia latreillei (Leach, 1817), Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Kock 1974, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Pachyiulus cattarensis (Latzel, 1884), Lang 1964
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781), Lang 1964, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Penicillidia dufouri (Westwood, 1835), Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann, 1804, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Rhinolophus mehelyi Matschie, 1901, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1977, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1983b, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
Species references
  • Aellen, V. 1955. Etude d΄ une collection de Nycterobiidae et de Streblidae (Diptera, Pupipara) de la région Palearctique occidentale, particulièrement de la Suisse. Bull. Soc. neuchatel. Sci. nat., 78: 81-104.
  • Arthur, D. R. 1956. The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). J. Parasit., 42: 180-196.
  • Beaucournu, J. C. 1966. Sur quelques Ixodoidea (Acarina) palearctiques infeodes aux micro-Chiropteres. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp., 41 (5): 495-502.
  • 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. 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.
  • Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
  • Coiffait, H. 1955. Sur quelques Coléoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes Biospeol., 10 (2): 205-209.
  • 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
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1977. Taxonomic study and geographical distribution of Chiroptera in Greece. PhD. Thesis. Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Patra, Patra, 173 pp (in Greek)
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1983. Bats parasites and their relations to human health. Proceedings of the International Meeting on the show caves and their problems. Publisher, Athens, September 1-3, 1983. pp. 237-243.
  • Kock, D. 1974. Pupipare Dipteren von Säugetieren des nordöstlichen Mittelmeerraumes (Ins.: Diptera). Senckenbergiana biol., 55 (1/3): 87-104.
  • Lang, J. 1964. Diplopoden aus Griechenland, Kreta, der Türkei und Iran aus dem Sammlungen von Dr. K. Lindberg. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohemoslov., 28 (3): 237-246.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Chrysopigis, Chrysopigi_, Serres, 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 05.02.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026