Spilaio Panagias Spilianis

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Samos,
Municipality: Samos,
Closest Settlement: Pythagoreio
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911, Borowiec & Salata 2022a
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Hymenoptera / Family: Formicidae
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Dolichopoda giulianae Rampini & Di Russo, 2012, Rampini et al. 2012, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Taylan & Şirin 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Ephippiochthonius samius (Mahnert, 1982), Mahnert 1982, Schawaller 1990, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Indotritia consimilis Märkel, 1964, Mahunka 2001, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Oribatida / Family: Oribotritiidae
  • Limax conemenosi O. Boettger, 1882, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Limacidae
  • Mediterranea mylonasi (A. Riedel, 1983), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Neobisium spilianum Schawaller, 1985, Schawaller 1985, Harvey 1991, Henderickx & Vets 2000, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
  • Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pleurodiscidae
  • 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
  • Schistophallus samius (E. von Martens, 1889), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Borowiec L, Salata S 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text.. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 1-297
  • 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
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • Henderickx, H. & Vets, V. 2000. Neobisium (Omatoblothrus) epirensis sp. nov., a new troglobitic pseudoscorpion from Epirus (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae). Phegea, 28 (3): 83-86.
  • 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. 1982. Neue höhlenbewohnende Pseudoskorpione aus Spanien, Malta und Griechenland, (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones). Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges., 55: 297-304.
  • 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.
  • Schawaller, W. 1985. Liste griechischer Neobisiidae mit neuen Höhlenfunden in Epirus, auf Samos und Kreta (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 386: 1-8.
  • Schawaller, W. 1990. Zwei neue höhlenbewohnende Chthonius-Arten (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) von den Griechischen Inseln Santorin und Chios. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 8: 417-424.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1990. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 11. Beitrag: Gattung Chaetophiloscia (Philosciidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (1): 169-193.
  • Taylan M.S., Şirin D. 2016. Speciation of the genus Dolicophoda in Anatolia with reference to the role of ancient central lake system. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47(3): 267-283
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Pythagoreio, 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 14.02.2024, Accessed 08.02.2026