Spilaio Garzenikou

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Arkadia,
Municipality: Tripoli,
Closest Settlement: Kandila
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

The cave is located 1.3 km east of Kandyla village, at 1,070m a.s.l. The entrance is small (1*0.6 m). There is one main gallery 100 m in length and 0.5-6.5 m in height with several large rimstone pools.

Protection status
  • GR2530004 - Oros Oligyrtos (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
  • Acanthocreagris lycaonis Mahnert, 1978, Mahnert 1978, Schawaller 1985, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
  • Alpioniscus henroti Vandel, 1964, Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Bythinus hauseri Besuchet, 1978, Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
  • Chthonius imperator Mahnert, 1978, Mahnert 1978, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Parviapiciella balcanica (Remy, 1943), Scheller 1990, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Symphyla / Order: NA / Family: Scolopendrellidae
  • Prionoglaris dactyloides Lienhard, 1988, Lienhard 1988b, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Psocoptera / Family: Prionoglarididae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1959. The cave “Garzeniko” (CRNr 1064). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce Hellenic Speleological Society.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
  • Besuchet, C. 1993. Pselaphides cavernicoles de Grèce (Coleoptera). Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 223-229.
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • Hlaváč, P., Ozimec, R. & Pavićević, D. 2008. Catalogue of the troglobitic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan peninsula, with a key to genera. In Pavićević, D.;Perreau, M. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 307-328.
  • Lienhard, C. 1988. Vorarbeiten zu einer Psocopteren-Fauna der Westpaläarktis : IV. die Gattung Prionoglaris Enderlein (Psocoptera : Prionoglarididae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entom. Ges. 61: 89-108
  • Mahnert, V. 1978. Weitere Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones) aus griechische Höhlen. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 273-298.
  • Schawaller, W. 1985. Liste griechischer Neobisiidae mit neuen Höhlenfunden in Epirus, auf Samos und Kreta (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 386: 1-8.
  • Scheller, U. 1990. The Pauropoda and Symphyla of the Geneva Museum IX. Symphyla from middle and south Europe, Turkey and Morocco (Myriapoda, Symphyla). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (2): 411-425.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Vandel, A. 1955. Isopodes terrestres récoltés dans les grottes de l΄ Attique par M. Pierre Strinati. Notes biospeol., 10 (1): 51-61.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Garzenikou, Kandila, Tripoli, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 08.09.2018, Accessed 17.04.2026