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Fauna
Dolichopoda sp., Di Russo et al. 2014 Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Bertolani, M., Rossi, A. 1983. La zona speleologica del lago Copaide (Beozia, Grecia Centrale). Le Grotte d’ Italia 11(4):205–248
Species references
Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.
Casale, A. 1997. Sphordina nuovi o poco noti di Grecia e del vicino oriente (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 29 (2): 267-285.
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. & Papadatou, E., 2015. Chiroptera, In Papamichael G., Arapis T., Petkidi K., Fytou I & Chatzirvasanis V. 2015. Deliverable 7, C – Phase of Study 7: "Monitoring and evaluation of conservation status mammal species of Community interest in Greece.". Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climatic Change, Athens, scholars Partnership and consultancy firms “ARAPIS THOMAS EYAGGELOY, GEOANALYSI S.A. and PAPACHARISI ALEXANDRA THEODORA ", Athens. pp. 59 (in Greek)
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
Rusdea, E. 1994. Biology, population dynamics and zoogeography of some cavernicolous carabid beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera): a proposal for a biospeleological research in Greece. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce, 21: 170-176.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave
Spilaio Katavothra Aliartou, Akraifnio, Orchomenos, 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 25.10.2023,
Accessed 01.11.2025