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Archichauliodes diversus (New Zealand dobsonfly)

Synonyms: Chauliodes diversus; Hermes diversus

Wikipedia Abstract

Archichauliodes diversus is an insect in the subfamily Corydalinae - the Dobsonflies. In its larval form It is commonly known by the name toe-biter, and its Maori name is puene. The species is native to New Zealand. Although there are other species of Dobsonfly in other parts of the world including Asia, Australia (Archichauliodes guttiferus) and South America, Archichauliodes diversus is the only species of Dobsonfly in New Zealand. The Dobsonfly larva is the largest species of freshwater insect found in fresh water and the only family representatives in New Zealand.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Anguilla dieffenbachii (Longfinned eel)[1]
Galaxias vulgaris (Common river galaxias)[1]
Gobiomorphus breviceps (Upland bully)[1]
Salmo trutta (Brown trout)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0