Spilaio Raos tou Foutra

Higher Geography

Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Samos,
Municipality: Ikaria,
Closest Settlement: Petropoulio

Cave Synonyms

Raos tou Choutra, Futra Raos (Riedel, 1981), Phutra to Nao (Riedel, 1981)

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Campodea plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912, Condé 1976, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
• Dolichopoda kotsabasi Alexiou, 2024, Alexiou et al. 2024
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
• Eukoenenia mirabilis (Grassi & Calandruccio, 1885), Condé 1976, Condé 1979b, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2021
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Palpigradi / Family: Eukoeneniidae
• Hoplopholcus figulus Brignoli, 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Lindbergia pinteri A. Riedel, 1981, Riedel 1981a, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
• Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838), Martens 1889, Riedel 1983, Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Tegenaria achaea Brignoli, 1977, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Topçu & Demircan 2018
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
• Vitrea klemmi L. Pintér, 1972, Riedel 1981a, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
• Zonites nikariae Pfeffer, 1930, Martens 1889, Riedel 1985b, Riedel 1992, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Zonitidae

Species references

• Alexiou S, Bakolitsas K, Di Russo C, Rampini M. 2024. Four new Dolichopoda species from Greece, one Troglophilus new to Greece and new locality records (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Contributions to Entomology 74(1): 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e121614
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Bolzern, A. 2010. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Tegenaria- Malthonica -complex (Araneae, Agelenidae), using morphological and molecular data.. PHD Thesis. Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Switzerland, 292pp
• Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
• 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.
• Condé, B. 1976. Quelques Microarthropodes conservés à Genève (Palpigrades, Protoures, Diploures Campodeides). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 747-755.
• Condé, B. 1979. Palpigrades de Grèce, de Guyane et du Kenya. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 167-179.
• 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
• Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
• 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
• Mammola S, Fernanda M, Rezende V, Marco S, Ferreira RL. 2021. Global distribution of microwhip scorpions (Arachnida: Palpigradi). Journal of Biogeography, 00:1–13.
• Martens, E. V. 1889. Griechische Mollusken. Gesammelt von Eberh. von Oertzen. Arch. Naturg., Berlin, 55 (1): 169-240.
• Riedel, A. 1981. Vitreini (Gastropoda, Zonitidae) von den ägäischen Inseln Chios, Samos und Ikaria. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 36 (11): 229-240.
• Riedel, A. 1983. Manche wenig bekannte und neue Oxychilus - Arten aus Griechenland (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 37 (7): 269-288.
• Riedel, A. 1985. Revision der Gattung Zonites Montfort (Gastropoda, Zonitidae): griechische Arten.. Ann. zool., Warszawa, 39: 1-67.
• 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.
• Topçu A, Demircan N. 2018. New records of family Agelenidae for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Agelenidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 6(2017): 20-22.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Raos tou Foutra, Petropoulio, 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 31.07.2024, Accessed 17.01.2026