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 Pterostichus (Morphnosoma) melanarius Illiger, 1798 Distribution Eurosiberian species, introduced ino North America ( Hurka 1996 ). It can be found in mainland Italy ( Vigna Taglianti 2005 ). Notes Brachypterous, rarely macropterous. It is a very eurytopic species of fields, meadows, gardens, as well as forests; from lowlands to mountains ( Hurka 1996 ).