Spilaio Foros

Higher Geography
Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Andros,
Municipality: Andros,
Closest Settlement: Aladinou
Cave Synonyms
Aladinou Cave
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda christos-nifoni Di Russo & Rampini, 2018, Di Russo et al. 2018
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Dolichopoda sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Di Russo et al. 2018
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1937. The cave of Andros, near Aladinos. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1963. The cave “Foros” of Aladinou, Andros (CRNr 15). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:92–97.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Di Russo C., Rampini M., Chimenti C. & Alexiou S. 2018. New species of Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from the Aegean Islands of Andros, Paros and Kinaros (Greece). Zoosystema 40 (20): 469-479
  • 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
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Foros, Aladinou, Andros, Notio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 16.10.2018, Accessed 17.01.2026