Spilaio Katavothra Oitis

Higher Geography
Region: Sterea Ellada,
Sub-Region: Fokida,
Municipality: Delfoi,
Closest Settlement: Pyra
Cave Synonyms
Katavothra Gorgopotamou
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774), Helversen & Weid 1990, Paunovic et al. 2003
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Duvalius montisoetae Casale, 1987, Casale 1987, Casale et al. 1993, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae
  • Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Casale, A. 1987. Note su Duvalius di Grecia (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descrizione del maschio di D. (Duvalius) oertzeni (Miller, 1884) e di D. (Duvalius) montisoetae n. sp. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 5 (1): 27-33.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Helversen, O. V. & Weid, R. 1990. Die Verbreitung einiger Fledermausarten in Griechenland. Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 41 (1): 9-22.
  • 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.
  • Paunovic M, Pandurska R, Ivanova T, Branko K. 2003. Present Knowledge of Distribution and Status of Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber , 1774) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on the Balkan Peninsula. Nyctalus 8(6): 633–638.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Katavothra Oitis, Pyra, 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 12.12.2023, Accessed 03.04.2026