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
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Oedothorax apicatus Blackwall, 1850
Distribution
Palaearctic species (
Isaia et al. 2007
). It is distributed in Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia and China (
World Spider Catalog 2020
). It can be found in mainland Italy (
Pantini and Isaia 2019
).
Notes
It is a widespread species in many open habitats, such as disturbed grasslands, agricultural fields and river pebbles. It is found mainly in low vegetation and in litter. It is a mainly nocturnal active species, which has a low resistance to drying and low temperatures. It is a weaver spider of simple webs on the ground (
Isaia et al. 2007
). Adults of both sexes have been recorded throughout the year, most often between late spring and mid-summer. Individuals can either overwinter as immature individual or as eggs, depending on the time of reproduction (
Harvey et al. 2002
).