Contribution to the knowledge of the arthropods community inhabiting the winter-flooded meadows (marcite) of northern Italy Author Della Rocca, Francesca Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy fdellarocca@gmail.com Author Stefanelli, Silvia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6206-6070 Via Ugo Foscolo 14, 24127, Bergamo, Italy Author Cardarelli, Elisa Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy Author Bogliani, Giuseppe Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy Author Bracco, Francesco Botanical Garden, University of Pavia, Via S. Epifanio 14, Pavia, Italy & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-01-25 9 57889 57889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e57889 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e57889 1314-2828-9-e57889 F82885F715A9515B9DFC70A66F26DFF7 Micaria pulicaria Sundevall, 1831 Distribution Holoarctic species ( Isaia et al. 2007 ). It is distributed in Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia and China ( World Spider Catalog 2020 ). It can be found in mainland Italy and Sardinia ( Pantini and Isaia 2019 ). Notes It is a widespread species that occurs, at ground level, in a wide variety of locations exposed to the sun: under stones and other debris, at the base of tufts of grass and in leaf litter ( Roberts 1995 ). It is a diurnal hunter and a specialised predator ( Isaia et al. 2007 )