Spilaio Pigi Nymfis

Higher Geography
Region: Sterea Ellada,
Sub-Region: Evvoia,
Municipality: Dirfys - Messapies,
Closest Settlement: Makrykapa
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2420011 - Ori Kentrikis Evvoias, Paraktia Zoni and Nisides (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
  • Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Amphibia / Order: Anura / Family: Bufonidae
  • Dolichopoda makrykapa Boudou-Saltet, 1980, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Rampini et al. 2012, Alexiou et al. 2013, Di Russo et al. 2014, Alexiou et al. 2015, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Trachelipus aegaeus (Verhoeff, 1907), Strouhal 1937, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
Cave references
  • Kanellis, A. 1934. The cave Nyfis in Evvoia. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 1:322–325.
  • Skouras, Th. 2000. Caves of Evvoia and Skyros. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 21:229–261.
Species references
  • Alexiou, S., Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2013. The family Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) in Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 51-58.
  • Alexiou, S., Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2015. The cave crickets of the genus Dolichopoda from Evvia and Skyros islands : formal description of D. octhoniai and D. saraolacosi (Orthoptera : Rhaphidophoridae). Fragm. Entomol., 47 (2): 133-137.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1980. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce IX. Une espèce nouvelle en Eubée: Dolichopoda makrykapa. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (1): 123-134.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • 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.
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Taylan, M. S., Gelosa, A. & Cobolli, M. 2012. Four new species of Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 from Southern Sporades and Western Turkey (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Dolichopodainae). ZooKeys, 201: 43-58.
  • Strouhal, H. 1937. Isopoda terrestria Aegaei. (10. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1 (9/10): 193-262.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Pigi Nymfis, Makrykapa, Dirfys - Messapies, Sterea Ellada. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 10.02.2026, Accessed 03.04.2026