Anatopyniini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

Anatopyniini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Tanypodinae
Tribe: Anatopyniini
Genera

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Tribes & genera

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Distribution and ecology

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At present A. plumipes is the only species of Anatopynia (Johannsen, 1905) known from the Palearctic. They occur in polluted (eutrophic and hypertrophic) standing waters together with Chironomus gr. plumosus. They are large (compared to the larvae of other Tanypodinae) predators that can ingest large prey (such as Ostracods and Chironomus larvae) in one piece.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Int Panis, L; Pauwels A; Verheyen R (1995). "Some observations on the Chironomidae (Diptera) of ponds". Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 131: 187–189.