Anatopyniini

Anatopyniini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Tanypodinae
Tribe:	Anatopyniini
Genera
	see text

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

Tribes & Genera

Genus Anatopynia Johannsen, 1905
- A. plumipes (Fries, 1823)

Distribution and ecology

At present A. plumipes is the only species of Anatopynia (Johannsen, 1905) known from the Palearctic. They occur in polluted (euthrophic and hyperthrophic) 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

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.

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[Int_Panis-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.