Spilaio Nychteridon

Higher Geography
Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Karpathos,
Municipality: Karpathos,
Closest Settlement: Pigadia
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Allochernes powelli (Kew, 1916), Mahnert 1979, Mahnert 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
  • Brachytarsina flavipennis Macquart, 1851, Pieper 1965, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Streblidae
  • Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Theridiidae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Brignoli 1984, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
  • Nelima adelheidiana Martens, 1965, Martens 1965, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Opiliones / Family: Phalangiidae
  • Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann, 1804, Pieper 1965, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Nycteribiidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802), Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Scytodidae
  • Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836), Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802), Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Theridiidae
Cave references
  • Rathgeber, T., Jantschke, H. 2005. Cave Explorations on the Islands of Kárpathos and Kásos (South Aegean, Greece). Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Speleology Athens-Kalamos 166-170.
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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • 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
  • Mahnert, V. 1979. Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) aus Höhlen Griechenlands, insbesondere Kretas. Arch. Sci. Genève, 32 (3): 213-233.
  • Mahnert, V. 2013. Nachträge zur Pseudoskorpionfauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) der Höhlen der Insel Santorin (Thera) (Kykladen , Griechenland). Rev. suisse Zool., 120 (1): 93-100.
  • Martens, J. 1965. Über südägäische Weberknechte der Inseln Karpathos, Rodos und Kos (Arachnoidea, Opiliones). Senckenbergiana biol., 46 (1): 61-79.
  • Pieper, H. 1965. Über einige Fledermaus-Parasiten aus Griechenland. Entom. Zeitschr., 75 (3): 26-29.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Nychteridon, Pigadia, Karpathos, 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 31.01.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026