Spilaio Kyra Panagia 2

Higher Geography

Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Thira,
Municipality: Thira,
Closest Settlement: Koloumpos

Cave type

Natural

Description / Comments

The 47m long cave is formed in basaltic rock (lava tube).

Fauna

• Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804, Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Tenebrionidae
• Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
• Medetera roghii Rampini et Canzoneri, 1979, Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Diptera / Family: Dolichopodidae
• Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775), Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Schizidium beroni Andreev, 2001, Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
• Spermophora sp., Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Tegenaria pagana C.L. Koch, 1840, Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Tegenaria sp., Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Troglophilus sp., Lips 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae

Species references

• Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kyra Panagia 2, Koloumpos, Thira, 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 03.10.2024, Accessed 07.07.2026