Ecology

Associations

Known predators

Synedra rumpens is prey of:
Austrosimulium australense
Tanytarsini
Cricotopus II
Oligochaeta I
Aphrophila noevaezelandiae
Oligochaeta II
Orthoclad Blue Black
Orthoclad Blue Blond
Hudsonema amabilis
Deleatidium
Oniscigaster
Polypedellum
Hydora nitida
Eriopterini
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Scirtidae
Maoridiamesea
Naonella
Ephydrella
Aoteapsyche raruraru
Austroclima jollyae
Cricotopus I
Coloburiscus humeralis
Nesameletus ornatus
Helicopsyche albescens
Pycnocentria
Aoteapsyche
Hydraena homolaena
Olinga feredayi
Podaena
Pycnocentrodes
Aelosoma
Lumbriculiid slim white
Zelandobius confusus

Based on studies in:
New Zealand: Otago, Broad, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: South Island, Canton Creek, Taieri River, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Dempster's Stream, Taieri River, 3 O'Clock catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, German, Kye Burn catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Healy Stream, Taieri River, Kye Burn catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Kye Burn (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Little Kye, Kye Burn catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Sutton Stream, Taieri River, Sutton catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Stony, Sutton catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Venlaw, Mimihau catchment (River)
USA: Maine, Troy (River)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
  • Thompson, RM and Townsend CR. 2005. Energy availability, spatial heterogeneity and ecosystem size predict food-web structure in streams. OIKOS 108: 137-148.
  • Townsend, CR, Thompson, RM, McIntosh, AR, Kilroy, C, Edwards, ED, Scarsbrook, MR. 1998. Disturbance, resource supply and food-web architecture in streams. Ecology Letters 1:200-209.
  • Thompson, RM and Townsend, CR. 1999. The effect of seasonal variation on the community structure and food-web attributes of two streams: implications for food-web science. Oikos 87: 75-88.
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