Quary "Metalleio" of Agios Kirykos

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Samos,
Municipality: Ikaria,
Closest Settlement: Agios Kirykos
Cave type
Artificial
Fauna
  • Dorycranosus splendens (Coggi, 1898), Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Nematoda / Class: Enoplea / Order: Mononchida / Family: Mononchidae
  • Hoplopholcus figulus Brignoli, 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Icariella hauseri Brignoli, 1979, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Lasiobelba icaria Mahunka, 2001, Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Sarcoptiformes / Family: Oppiidae
  • Oonops mahnerti Brignoli, 1974, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Oonopidae
  • Phthiracarus eupalineus Mahunka, 2001, Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Sarcoptiformes / Family: Phthiracaridae
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 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. 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.
  • Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
  • Mahunka, S. 2001. Cave-dwelling oribatid mites from Greece (Acari: Oribatida). (Neue und interessante Milben aus dem Genfer Museum XLIX). Rev. suisse Zool., 108 (1): 165-188.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Quary "Metalleio" of Agios Kirykos, Agios Kirykos, Ikaria, Voreio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 01.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026