Spilaio Arkalospilios

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Chania,
Closest Settlement: Chordaki
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832), Roewer 1943, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Buthidae
  • Callilepis cretica (Roewer, 1928), Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Gnaphosideae
  • Euscorpius candiota Birula, 1903, Roewer 1943, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Filistata insidiatrix (Forskål, 1775), Roewer 1928, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Filistatidae
  • Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775), Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804, Schmalfuss 1975, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
  • Trachelipus cavaticus Schmalfuss, Paragamian & Sfenthourakis, 2004, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
  • Troglophilus spinulosus Chopard, 1921, Werner 1927a, Werner 1927b, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1978, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Species references
  • 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.
  • Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1978. Sur les Troglophiles (Orthopteres cavernicoles) de Crète. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse, 114 (1-2): 115-121.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Chopard, L. 1957. Notes sur les Orthoptères cavernicoles de Crète. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 62 (1-2): 26-28.
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1991. Revision of the genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) in Crete, Greece. Int. J. Speleol., 20: 37-45.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1928. XI. Araneae. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta II. Publisher, Bremen. pp. 92-124.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1943. Über eine neuerworbene Sammlung von Skorpionen des Natur - Museums Senckenberg. Senckenbergiana, 26 (4): 205-244.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1975. Neues Isopoden-Material aus Griechenland. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 184: 27-66.
  • Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.
  • Werner, F. 1927. Orthopteren. In C. F. Roewer. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta I. Publisher. pp. 426-431.
  • Werner, F. 1927. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Griechenlands (Reptilia - Amphibia - Scorpiones - Orthoptera - Isoptera - Apterygota). Zool. Anz., 70: 135-151.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Arkalospilios, Chordaki, Chania, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 07.03.2026