Spilaio Korykeio Antro

Higher Geography
Region: Sterea Ellada,
Sub-Region: Fokida,
Municipality: Delfoi,
Closest Settlement: Delfoi
Cave Synonyms
Sarantavli cave
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

Korykeio Antro is the cave from where the first cave animals of Greece have been recorded. From the samples collected by Th. J. Krüper, Brunner Von Wattenwyl (1861) identified the cave cricket Rhaphidophora cavicola -a record assigned recently to Troglophilus zoia (Di Russo et al. 2014)- and Schaum (1962) described a new ground-beetle species (Anophthalmus Krueperi = Duvalius krueperi), the first obligate cave-dwelling species recorded in Greece.

Protection status
  • GR2410002 - Oros Parnassos (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
  • GR2450005 - Notioanatolikos Parnassos - Ethnikos Drymos Parnassou - Dasos Tithoreas, Spilaiovarathro Polydrosou (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
  • Agelena sp., Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Alpioniscus epigani Vandel, 1959, Vandel 1959, Vandel 1964a, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Apopestes sp., Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Lepidoptera / Family: Noctuidae
  • Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Campodea aristotelis Silvestri, 1912, Lindberg 1955b, Condé 1956, Condé 1976, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
  • Catops fuscus (Panzer, 1794), Coiffait 1955, Henrot 1962, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Leiodidae
  • Chthonius apollinis Mahnert, 1978, Lindberg 1955b, Mahnert 1978, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Dolichopoda sp., Allegrucci et al. 2011, Alexiou et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Duvalius krueperi (Schaum, 1862), Schaum 1862, Müller 1913, Sciaky 1992, Casale et al. 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Paragamian & Legakis 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Elasmopterus oertzeni Kraazz, 1886, Sciaky & Persohn 1994, Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Elasmopterus wrasei Giachino, Allegro & Vailati, 2024, Giachino et al. 2024
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Gryllomorpha dalmatina (Ocskay, 1832), Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Gryllidae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Niphargus sp., Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Niphargidae
  • Palliduphantes epaminondae (Brignoli, 1979), Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Deeleman-Reinhold 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825), Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Plecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Alexiou et al. 2014, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758), Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Chilopoda / Order: Scutigeromorpha / Family: Scutigeridae
  • Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Trichoniscus fragilis Racovitza, 1908, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Trichoniscus lindbergi Vandel, 1958, Vandel 1959, Vandel 1964a, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Trichoniscus sp., Alexiou et al. 2014
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Troglophilus zoiai Di Russo, Rampini & Cobolli, 2014, Brunner Von Wattenwyl 1861, Brunner Von Wattenwyl 1882, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Paragamian & Legakis 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Cave references
  • Deligiorgi-Alexopoulou, Ch. 1985. Korykeio Antro. Archaiologia, 15: 54
  • Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
Species references
  • Alexiou, S., Bakolitsas, K., Di Russo, C. & Latella, L. 2014. Biospeleolocal notes on the caves of the Parnassos, Giona and Vardousia of mountains (Central Greece). Parnassiana Archives, 2: 71-81.
  • Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
  • 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
  • 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. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Brunner Von Wattenwyl, C. 1861. Disquisitiones orthopterologicae. Dissertatio II. Nonnulla Orthoptera Europea nove vel minus cognita. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 11: 229-310.
  • Brunner Von Wattenwyl, C. 1882. Prodromus der Europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig. pp. 1-466.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Rampini, M. 1993. Il genere Duvalius in Grecia: stato attuale delle conoscenze, interesse biogeografico e descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 20 (1): 303-335.
  • Coiffait, H. 1955. Sur quelques Coléoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes Biospeol., 10 (2): 205-209.
  • Condé, B. 1956. Campodeides cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes biospeol., 11 (1): 7-12.
  • Condé, B. 1976. Quelques Microarthropodes conservés à Genève (Palpigrades, Protoures, Diploures Campodeides). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 747-755.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1985. Contribution à la connaissance des Lepthyphantes du groupe pallidus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) de Yougoslavie, Grece et Chypre. Mem. Biospeol., 12: 37-50.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Giachino PM, Allegro G & Vailati D 2024. The blind Pterostichini of south-eastern Europe and Anatolia. Synopsis of the Speluncarius+Tapinopterus complex with emphasis on Greek taxa (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichini).. World Biodiversity Association, Verona. Vol. 6: 400
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • Henrot, H. 1962. Sur quelques Catopidae de Grèce. Rev. fr. Ent., 29: 48-52.
  • Hlaváč, P., Perreau, M. & Čeplík D. 2017. The Subterranean Beetles of the Balkan Peninsula: Carabidae, Leiodidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Bothrideridae, Zopheridae, Salpingidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae.. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Praha, Chez Republic. 267 pp.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Mahnert, V. 1978. Weitere Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones) aus griechische Höhlen. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 273-298.
  • Müller, J. 1913. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Höhlenfauna des Ost Alpen und der Balkanhalbinsel. II. Revision der Blinden Trechus-Arten. Denkschr. österr. Akad. Wiss. Denkschr. Wien, math.- naturwiss, 90: 11-122.
  • Paragamian K, Legakis A. 2017. Bibliography of the Terrestrial Cave Fauna of Greece.. Hellenic Zoological Archives 8:1–43.
  • Schaum, H. 1862. Beitrag zur Käferfauna Griechenlands. Berl. ent. Z., 6: 101-114.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Sciaky R & Persohn M 1994. Description of the male of Speluncarius oertzeni Kraatz, 1886 (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichinae). Acta coleopterologica 10 (2): 41-44
  • Sciaky R. 1992. Note su Carabidae cavernicoli ed endogei di Grecia, con descrizione di Duvalius casalei n. sp. (Carabidae, Coleoptera).. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10:295–305.
  • Vandel, A. 1958. Isopodes récoltés dans les grottes de la Crète par le Docteur K. Lindberg. Notes biospeol., 12 (2): 81-101.
  • Vandel, A. 1959. La faune isopodique cavernicole de la Grèce continentale (Récoltes du Dr. K. Lindberg, Lund). Notes biospeol., 13 (2): 131-139.
  • Vandel, A. 1964. Biospeologie. La Biologie des Animaux Cavernicoles. Gauthier-Villars, Paris. pp. 619.
  • 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 Korykeio Antro, Delfoi, Delfoi, 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 18.09.2024, Accessed 17.01.2026