Spilaio Profiti Ilia

Higher Geography
Region: Thessalia,
Sub-Region: Larisa,
Municipality: Tempi,
Closest Settlement: Ampelakia
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR1420003 - Aisthitiko Dasos Ossas (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
  • GR1420007 - Oros Ossa (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
Fauna
  • Bythinus sp., Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1993, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
  • Chthonius diophthalmus Dabay, 1888, Mahnert 1978, Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Chthonius thessalus Mahnert, 1979, Mahnert 1979, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Ephippiochthonius tuberculatus (Hadži, 1937), Mahnert 1978, Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Kryptonesticus eremita (Simon, 1879), Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Nesticidae
  • Lasiochernes jonicus (Beier, 1929), Mahnert 1978, Henderickx 1998b, Christophoryová et al. 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
  • Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Pselaphochernes scorpioides (Hermann, 1804), Mahnert 1978, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
  • Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802), Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Scytodidae
  • Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Brignoli 1984
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Vitrea ossaea L. Pintér, 1983, Pinter 1983, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
  • Besuchet, C. 1993. Pselaphides cavernicoles de Grèce (Coleoptera). Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 223-229.
  • 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. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Christophoryová, J., Krajčovičová, K., Henderickx, H. & Španiel, S. 2016. A multivariate study of differentiating characters between three European species of the genus Lasiochernes Beier, 1932 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae). ZooKeys, 629: 51-81.
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • Henderickx, H. 1998. A new Pseudobankesia species from Crete (Lepidoptera Psychidae). Phegea, 26 (1): 1-8.
  • Huber B. A., Pavlek M., & Komnenov M. 2021. Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy, 752(1), 1–60. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
  • Mahnert, V. 1978. Weitere Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones) aus griechische Höhlen. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 273-298.
  • Mahnert, V. 1979. Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) aus Höhlen Griechenlands, insbesondere Kretas. Arch. Sci. Genève, 32 (3): 213-233.
  • Pinter, L. 1983. Zwei neue Vitrea-Arten (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung., 29: 219-222.
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Profiti Ilia, Ampelakia, Tempi, Thessalia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 03.05.2018, Accessed 03.04.2026