Spilaio Trapeza

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou,
Closest Settlement: Tzermiado
Cave Synonyms
Spilaio Kronio
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 24456/1834 PE/5-5-1976 (OGG 699/Β/26-5-1976)
  • GR4320002 - Dikti: Oropedio Lasithiou, Katharo, Selena, Krasi, Selakano, Chalasmeni Koryfi (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
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda paraskevii Boudou-Saltet, 1973, Wittmann et al 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Duvalius augusti Casale, Giachino & Vailati, 2020, Casale et al. 2020, Čeplík 2023
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Dysderocrates marani (Kratochvíl, 1937), Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Brignoli 1984, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Huber 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Kryptonesticus beshkovi (Deltshev, 1979), Brignoli 1979a, Deltshev 1979, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Nesticidae
  • Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979, Deltshev 1979, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Lithobius nigripalpis L. Koch, 1867, Eason 1990, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Lithobiomorpha / Family: Lithobiidae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Naumova et al. 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Minotauria attemsi Kulczynski, 1903, Deeleman-Reinhold 1989, Gasparo 2003, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Ovaliptila lindbergi (Chopard 1957), Popov 1984, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Gryllidae
  • Pleurodiscus sudensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pleurodiscidae
  • Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958), Schmalfuss 1979, Andreev 1986, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
  • Tegenaria pieperi Brignoli, 1979, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tegenaria sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915), Buschinger 1989, Salata et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Hymenoptera / Family: Formicidae
  • Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856), Buschinger 1989, Salata et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Hymenoptera / Family: Formicidae
  • Trichoniscus cavernicola Vandel, 1958, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
Species references
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Buschinger A. 1989. Workerless Epimyrma Kraussei Emery 1915, the First Parasitic Ant of Crete. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 96(1-2): 69–74
  • Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2020. Il genere Duvalius nell’ isola di Creta, con descrizione di Duvalius (Duvalius) augusti specie nuova (Coleoptera Carabidae Trechinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 97(1/2):191–201
  • Čeplík D. 2023. Supplementary data and taxonomic changes in the subterranean beetles of the Balkan Peninsula from July 1 2016 to September 30 2023, Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410430
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Deeleman, P. R. 1988. Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les especes mediterraneennes occidentales exceptees. Tijdschr. Ent., 131: 141-269.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1989. Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., Araignée microphtalme de l΄ île de Crète, un Fossile Vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mem. Biospeol., 16: 47-51.
  • 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.
  • Eason, E. H. 1990. On Lithobius sitianus Chamberlin, a cavernicolus centipede from Crete (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Fragm. Entomol., 22 (2): 257-264.
  • Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
  • Gasparo, F. 2004. Note sul genere Minotauria Kulczynski, 1903, con ridescrizione del maschio di M. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) stat. nov. (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie della Commissione Grotte “E. Boegan”, 39: 51-65.
  • Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
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  • 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.
  • Paragamian, K., Galanopoulos, V., Legakis, A. & Spanakis, M. 1987. Ecological, electrophoretic and electron microscope investigations on Schizidium perplexum (Isopoda) of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen., 13: 165-168.
  • Popov, A. 1984. Le genre Discoptila Pant. (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 65-78.
  • Salata S, Borowiec L, Trichas A. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici, 68(4): 769–808.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • 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.
  • Wittmann, H., Illich, I. & Nowotny, G. 2018. Orthopteren-Beobachtungen auf der Insel Kreta (Griechenland). Salzburger Entomolog. Arbeitsgem. Haus der Natur, Newsletter, Sonderausg. 2018: 1-25.
  • 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 Trapeza, Tzermiado, Oropedio Lasithiou, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 25.01.2020, Accessed 07.03.2026