Spilaia Rentinas

Higher Geography
Region: Kentriki Makedonia,
Sub-Region: Thessaloniki,
Municipality: Volvi,
Closest Settlement: Rentina
Cave type
Artificial
Protection status
  • GR1220003 - Stena Rentinas - Evryteri Periochi - Spilaio Lakkia kai Rema Neromana (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
  • GR1220009 - Limnes Koroneias - Volvis, Stena Rentinas and Evryteri Periochi (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
  • K735 - Madytou, Apollonias, Limnis Volvis, Ekvoles Rycheiou Potamou Dimon Apollonias, Ag. Georgiou kai Rentinas [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 810/Β/2001
Fauna
  • Choleva agilis (Illiger, 1798), Coiffait 1955, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Choleva reitteri Petri, 1915, Coiffait 1955
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Eschatocephalus simplex (Neumann, 1906), Arthur 1956, Beaucournu 1966, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Ixodida / Family: Ixodidae
  • Eschatocephalus vespertilionis (Koch, 1844), Beaucournu 1966, Beron 2016
    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
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Strinati 1955, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Nargus badius (Sturm, 1839), Coiffait 1955, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata (Taschenberg, 1880), Aellen 1960, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Siphonaptera / Family: Ischnopsyllidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Strinati 1955, Van Laar & Daan 1964, Ondrias 1965, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Cave references
  • Strinati, P. 1959. Mission Coiffait-Strinati en Macedoine, Grece et Turque (avril-Mai 1955). Chiroptera. Mammalia 23:72-76.
Species references
  • Aellen, V. 1960. Notes sur le puces des Chauves-souris, prinsipalement de la Suisse (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae). Bull. Soc. neuchatel. Sci. nat., 83: 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.
  • 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.
  • Ondrias, J. C. 1965. Die Säugetiere Griechenlands. Säugetierk. Mitt., 13 (3): 109-127.
  • Strinati, P. 1955. Recherches biospeologiques en Attique. Stalactite, 5: 7-9.
  • Van Laar, V. & Daan, S. 1964. On some Chiroptera from Greece. Beaufortia, 120 (10): 158-166.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaia Rentinas, Rentina, Volvi, 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 18.04.2018, Accessed 01.11.2025