Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Chania,
Closest Settlement: Chordaki
Cave Synonyms
Arkoudas cave
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 3888/21-2-1967 (OGG 168/Β/9-3-1967)
  • Historical Monument - Ministerial Decision 15672/354/10-3-1982 (OGG 180/Β/21-4-1982)
  • K898 - Stavros Chordaki Dimou Akrotiriou [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 813/Β/2001
Fauna
  • Allochernes powelli (Kew, 1916), Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
  • Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Annelida / Class: Clitellata / Order: Crassiclitellata / Family: Lumbricidae
  • Bathytropa granulata Aubert & Dollfus, 1890, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Bathytropidae
  • Bryocamptus pygmaeus (G.O. Sars, 1863), Chappuis 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Canthocamptidae
  • Dysdera ninnii Canestrini, 1868, Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851), Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979, Deltshev 1979, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778), Roewer 1959
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Phalangiidae
  • Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781), Lang 1964, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
  • Pardosa olympica Tongiorgi, 1966, Roewer 1959, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Lycosidae
  • Pardosa saltans Töpfer-Hofmann, 2000, Roewer 1959, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Lycosidae
  • Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Plecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980, Benda et al. 2009, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
  • Pterotricha lentiginosa (C.L. Koch, 1837), Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Gnaphosideae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Martens 1967, Skiba 2007, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Martens 1967, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Speocyclops demetiensis (Scourfield, 1932), Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Naumova et al. 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814), Benda et al. 2009, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Molossidae
  • Tegenaria pagana C.L. Koch, 1840, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Bosmans et al. 2013, Mammola et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Thermocyclops stephanidesi Kiefer, 1938, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Troglophilus spinulosus Chopard, 1921, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Tropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860), Chappuis 1929, Chappuis 1933, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Zelotes oblongus (C.L. Koch, 1833), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Gnaphosideae
Cave references
  • Faure, P. 1955. Grottes explorees en 1954 en Crete qui ne figurent pas au, bulletin de la S.S.G. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce Hellenic Speleological Society. 3:87-101.
  • Faure, P. 1985. The sacred caves of Crete. Archaiologia 8–13.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de l΄ île de Crète. Fragm. balc. Skopje 1(19):165-174.
  • Vasilopoulos, S. 1959. Speleological researches in the region of Chania. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 4:116–117.
Species references
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  • Benda, P., Ševčík, M., Bego, F., Sachanowicz, K., Spitzenberger, F., Tájek, P., Tájková, P., Uhrin, M. 2019. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 15. The fauna of bats and bat ectoparasites of Albania with a catalogue of bats from the western Balkans in the collection of the National Museum, Prague. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 83: 1–238
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  • Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
  • 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.
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  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1973. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce VIII. Nouvelles espèces de Crète. Biol. gallo-hellen., 5 (1): 57-63.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
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  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1929. Notes sur les Copépodes. 1. Une nouvelle Attheyella du Japon. 2. Moraria poppei Mrazek et Moraria brevipes Sars. 3. Copépodes de Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 4 (2): 97-106.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1933. Copépodes (Premier série). Avec l΄ énumération de tous les Copépodes cavernicoles connus en 1931. Arch. Zool. exp. gen., 76: 1-57.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1956. Harpacticoides récoltes en Crète par M. K. Lindberg. Folia Balcanica, 1 (3): 15-18.
  • Deltshev, C. 1979. A contribution to the study of Cave Spiders (Araneae) in Greece. Four new species (Aaraneae, Nesticidae, Linyphiidae) from the Islands of Crete and Thera. Acta Zool. Bulg., 13: 53-63.
  • Felesaki, I., Stoev, P., Simaiakis, S. & Mylonas, M. 2010. A catalogue of the millipedes of Crete (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Natura Montenegrina, 9 (3): 357-368.
  • 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
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1991. Revision of the genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) in Crete, Greece. Int. J. Speleol., 20: 37-45.
  • 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. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
  • Lindberg, K. 1956. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de Crète avec un liste de Crustacés divers recueillis dans de lac de Kourna. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat., 4 (5): 97-120.
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  • Martens, J. 1967. Plecotus austriacus (Fischer) auf Kreta; mit Bemerkungen zu weiteren Arten (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 18 (3-4): 253-362.
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
  • Omodeo, P. 1956. Oligocheti dell΄ Indochina e del Mediterraneo Orientale. Mem. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona, 5: 321-336.
  • 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.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Skiba, R. 2007. Zum Vorkommen der Fledermäuse in Kreta (Griechenland). Nyctalus, 12 (1): 52-60.
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Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, 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 14.12.2023, Accessed 09.03.2026