Spilaio Oxo Latsidi

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Siteia,
Closest Settlement: Sitanos
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Graeconiscus strouhali (Vandel, 1958), Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Libanonethes probosciferus Vandel, 1955, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Mesophylax aspersus (Rambur, 1842), Malicky 1998, Malicky 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Trichoptera / Family: Limnephilidae
  • Micropterna caesareica Schmid, 1959, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Trichoptera / Family: Limnephilidae
  • Micropterna malaspina Schmid, 1957, Malicky 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Trichoptera / Family: Limnephilidae
  • Niphargus sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Niphargidae
  • Plecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980, Benda et al. 2009, Benda et al. 2019, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Plusiocampa hoffmanni Sendra & Paragamian, 2020, Sendra et al. 2020a
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
  • Proasellus coxalis (Dollfus, 1892), Beron 2016, Saclier et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Asellidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Benda et al. 2009, Benda et al. 2019, Benda et al. 2022, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Trichonethes kosswigi Strouhal, 1953, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
Cave references
  • Platakis, E, Tsifetakis, I. 1967. The cave “Oxo Latsidi” of Sitanos, Siteia. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 9:109–113.
  • Platakis, E. 1979. The caves of Siteia. Amaltheia 51–56.
Species references
  • Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanak, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., Chudarkova, A., Hulva, P. & Horacek, I. 2009. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72 (3-4): 105-190.
  • 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
  • Benda P, Uvizl M, Vallo P, Reiter A, & Uhrin M. 2022. A revision of the Rhinolophus hipposideros group (Chiroptera : Rhinolophidae) with definition of an additional species from the Middle East. Acta Chiropterologica, 24(2): 269–298. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2022.24.2.001
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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
  • Malicky, H. 1998. Revision der Gattung Mesophylax McL achlan (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). Beitr. Ent., 48 (1): 115-144.
  • Malicky H. 2005. Die Köcherfliegen Griechenlands (Trichoptera).. Denisia 17:1–240
  • Saclier N, Duchemin L, Konecny-Dupré L, Grison P, Eme D, Martin C, Callou C, Lefébure T, François C, Issartel C, Lewis J J, Stoch F, Sket B, Gottstein S, Delić T, Zagmajster M, Grabowski M, Weber D, Reboleira ASPS,Palatov D, Paragamian K, Knight LRFD, 2024. A collaborative backbone resource for comparative studies of subterranean evolution: The World Asellidae database.. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24, e13882. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13882
  • 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.
  • Sendra A., Antić D., Barranco P., Borko Š., Christian E., Delić T., Fadrique F., Faille A., Galli L., Gasparo F., Georgiev D., Giachino P.M., Kováč L., Lukić M., Marcia P., Miculinić K., Nicolosi G., Palero F., Paragamian K., Pérez T., Polak S., Prieto C. 2020. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 591: 1–138. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.591
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Oxo Latsidi, Sitanos, Siteia, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 15.12.2023, Accessed 22.04.2026