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 Xysticus gallicus Simon, 1875 Distribution Sibiric-European species ( Isaia et al. 2007 ). It is distributed in Europe, Turkey, Caucasus and Iran ( World Spider Catalog 2020 ). It can be found in mainland Italy ( Pantini and Isaia 2019 ); in Lombardy, it is reported only in the Provinces of Bergamo and Sondrio ( Isaia et al. 2007 ). Notes It lives in the low vegetation in the pine forests or in the rocky moors, under stones and in detritus from the plains to the alpine areas ( Harvey et al. 2002 ). It is a night stalker ( Isaia et al. 2007 ).