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 Rugilus (Rugilus) orbiculatus Paykull, 1789 Distribution Holoarctic species ( ITIS Species 2000 2020 ). Widespread in Italy but absent in Sardinia where it is replaced by the subspecies Rugilus orbiculatus sardous ( Ruffo and Stoch 2005 ). Notes Lives in olive groves, banks, clearings, coppiced mixed forests, rural settlements, vineyards, parks, wetlands, riverbanks, marshy areas ( Phragmitetum , Caricetum ), sandy small areas, uncultivated areas, wetlands and marshy areas near source ( Zanetti et al. 2016 ).