Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou

Higher Geography

Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Lakonia,
Municipality: Anatoliki Mani,
Closest Settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Cave Synonyms

Spilaio Dirou, Spilaio Vlychadas Dirou

Cave type

Natural

Protection status

• Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decisions: 9396/24-8-1963 (OGG 408/Β/18-9-1963), 22154/1203/12-5-1999 (OGG 992/Β/27-5-1999)
• GR2540008 - Notia Mani (Special Protection Area): 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

• Acanthopetalum patens Strasser, 1973, Strasser 1974, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
• Agabiformius lentus (Budde-Lund, 1885), Vandel 1959, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
• Armadillidium kalamatense Verhoeff, 1907, Schmalfuss 2006
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
• Barusia laconica (Brignoli, 1974), Brignoli 1974b, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020, Ledford et al. 2021
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
• Batrisodes elysius (Reitter, 1884), Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1981, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
• Chthonius strinatii Mahnert, 1975, Mahnert 1975, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
• Cordioniscus andreevi Schmalfuss & Erhard, 1998, Schmalfuss & Erhard 1998, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Styloniscidae
• Dolichopoda unicolor Chopard, 1964, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2021
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
• Eresus sp., Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Eresidae
• Harpactea strinatii Brignoli, 1979, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Kunt et al. 2016, Gücel et al. 2019, Ballarin et al. 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
• Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Sicariidae
• Medon petrochilosi Coiffait, 1970, Coiffait 1970, Coiffait 1976, Beron 2016, Assing 2017
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
• Neotrombidium indosinensis André, 1960, Cooreman 1960, Singer 1971, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Trombidiformes / Family: Trombiculidae
• Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781), Lang 1964, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Julidae
• Palliduphantes byzantinus (Fage, 1931), Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
• Pselaphochernes scorpioides (Hermann, 1804), Mahnert 1978, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
• Salentinella angelieri Ruffo & Delamare-Deboutteville, 1952, Ruffo 1953, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016, Navarro-Barranco et al. 2023
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Salentinellidae
• Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802), Naumova et al. 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Theridiidae
• Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Tethysbaena argentarii (Stella, 1951), Rouch 1964, Bou 1975, Wagner 1994, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Thermosbaenacea / Family: Monodellidae
• Trichonemasoma peloponesius (Mauriès, 1966), Mauriès 1966, Strasser 1974, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Julida / Family: Blaniulidae

Cave references

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• Giannopoulos, V. 1994. Karst of Mani. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 21:72–87.
• Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
• Petrocheilos, I. 1958. Speleological researches in the area of Dyros, Lakonia. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 4:57–95.
• Petrocheilos, I. 1951. Caves of Mani. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 1:5–13.
• Petrocheilou, A. 1975. The cave - underground river "Glyfada" of Dyros: new section (CRNr 25). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 13:129–131.
• Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
• Petrocheilou, A. 1992. The cave “Glyfada” of Dyros Lakonia: new sections (CRNr 25). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 20:104–109.
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Species references

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• Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
• Assing, V. 2017. On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Ikaría, with supplementary notes on the fauna of Samos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 87: 89-116
• Ballarin F., Salmaso R. & Latella L. 2020. The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 60:23-26
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• 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.
• Bou, C. 1975. Recherches sur la faune des eaux souterraines de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 6 (1): 101-115.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1974. Araignées de Grèce VIII. Quelques Leptonetidae de la Laconie et de l΄ île de Crète (Arachnida, Araneae). Ann. Speleol., 29 (1): 63-70.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
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• Coiffait, H. 1970. Un nouveau Medon cavernicole du Péloponnèse. Ann. Speleol., 25 (1): 231-233.
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• Cooreman, J. 1960. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Neotrombidium Leonardi: N. helladicum n. sp. Bull. Ann. Soc. roy. ent. Belg., 96 (9-10): 195-204.
• Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
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• Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
• Kunt, K. B., Özkütük, R. S., Elverici, M., Marusik, Y. M., Karakaş, G. 2016. Harpactea karaschkhan sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(1): 36-40
• Lang, J. 1964. Diplopoden aus Griechenland, Kreta, der Türkei und Iran aus dem Sammlungen von Dr. K. Lindberg. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohemoslov., 28 (3): 237-246.
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• Mauriès, J. P. 1966. Découverte, par H. Coiffait, de représentants de genres Speleoglomeris Silv. et Trichoblaniulus Verh. dans les grottes de Grèce (Diplopoda). Ann. Speleol., 21 (3): 621-630.
• Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
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• Rouch, R. 1964. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Monodella (Thermosbaenacés).. Ann. Spéléol., 19(4): 717-727 [dated 1964, issued 25 March 1965].
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Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Pyrgos Dirou, Anatoliki Mani, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 29.11.2023, Accessed 03.04.2026