Spilaio Panagias Kakoperatianis

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Samos,
Municipality: Samos,
Closest Settlement: Kosmadaioi
Cave Synonyms
Kakoperato cave
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4120003 - Samos: Oros Kerketefs - Mikro Kai Megalo Seitani - Dasos Kastanias Kai Lekkas, Akr. Katavasis - Limenas (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
  • GR4120008 - Samos: Oros Kerkis (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 2008, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
  • Ceratozetes peritus Grandjean, 1951, Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Sarcoptiformes / Family: Ceratozetidae
  • Dolichopoda kalithea Di Russo & Rampini, 2012, Rampini et al. 2012, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Eptesicus anatolicus Felten, 1971, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865), Tanasevitch 2011
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Namunia cavernicola Besuchet, 1978, Assing 2015, Assing 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
  • Phthiracarus eupalineus Mahunka, 2001, Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Sarcoptiformes / Family: Phthiracaridae
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1819), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Plecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913, Tanasevitch 2011
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Tychobythinus brachati Besuchet, 2008, Besuchet 2008, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Assing 2015, Beron 2016, Assing 2017
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Staphylinidae
Cave references
  • Kirdis, S., Papadopoulos, G. 2000. Speleological researches in Samos. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 21:147–162.
  • Petrocheilos, I. 1952. Hydrogeological researches in Samos. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce Hellenic Speleological Society. 1:213-259.
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1984. The Greek Caves. Ekdotiki Athinon 160pp.
Species references
  • Assing, V. 2015. On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Samos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).. Koleopterologische Rundschau 85:81–102.
  • Assing, V. 2017. On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Ikaría, with supplementary notes on the fauna of Samos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 87: 89-116
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Besuchet, C. 2008. Two new cavernicolous Bythinini from Greece (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). In Pavićević, Dragan;Perreau, Michel. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 245-248.
  • 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, 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
  • Hlaváč, P., Ozimec, R. & Pavićević, D. 2008. Catalogue of the troglobitic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan peninsula, with a key to genera. In Pavićević, D.;Perreau, M. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 307-328.
  • 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.
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Taylan, M. S., Gelosa, A. & Cobolli, M. 2012. Four new species of Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 from Southern Sporades and Western Turkey (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Dolichopodainae). ZooKeys, 201: 43-58.
  • Tanasevitch, A. 2011. On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Museum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva. Rev. suisse Zool., 118 (1): 49-91.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Panagias Kakoperatianis, Kosmadaioi, Samos, 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 19.09.2019, Accessed 22.04.2026