The cave is located close to the chapel of the Mountain Refuge at Parnassos Ski Centre, (Arachova).
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
Troglophilus zoiai Di Russo, Rampini & Cobolli, 2014, Alexiou et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2017 Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Cave references
Santorinaios, I. 1949. Speleological researches of (1949) the speleological research team of the HMA, department of Athens. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 33–41.
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., Ketmaier, V., Di Russo, C., Rampini, M., Sbordoni, V. & Cobolli, M. 2017. Molecular phylogeography of Troglophilus cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A combination of vicariance and dispersal drove diversification in the East Mediterranean region. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.: 1-16.
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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave
Spilaio Drakospilia, Arachova, Distomo - Arachova - Antikyra, 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 22.06.2023,
Accessed 18.04.2026