Spilaio Ermi

Higher Geography
Region: Sterea Ellada,
Sub-Region: Voiotia,
Municipality: Orchomenos,
Closest Settlement: Dionysos
Cave Synonyms
Spilaio Petaka, Spilaio Irakleous
Cave type
Natural
Description / Comments

The cave was erroneously reported as "Spilaio Ermi". The correct name "spilaio Petaka" (and probably spilaio Ermi). 

Protection status
  • K366 - Orchomenos (Dionysou-Prosiliou-Akontiou) [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 402/Β/1983
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda vandeli Boudou-Saltet, 1970, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Boudou-Saltet 1970b, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1969. The cave Iraklaious (or Petaka) CRNr 576 (new section). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:52–57.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1964. The cave Irakleous (CRNr 576). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:221–225.
Species references
  • 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.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce II. Une nouvelle espèce: D. vandeli. Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 89-97.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce I. Premiers résultats d΄ une mission en Grèce (Avril 1969). Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 81-88.
  • 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.
  • 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 Ermi, Dionysos, 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 16.02.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026