Anatopyniini is a tribe

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 of midge

Midge

A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:-Real:* Midge Costanza , American politician* Mildred Gillars , aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II...

s in the non-biting midge family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Chironomidae

Chironomidae

Chironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...

).

Tribes & Genera

• Genus Anatopynia
  Anatopynia
  Anatopynia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.-Distribution and Ecology:At present A. plumipes is the only species of Anatopynia known from the Palaearctic. The larvae can be found in polluted standing waters on anaerobic sediments and may be absent from nearby...
  
  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

Chironomus

Chironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae.-Species:*Chironomus anonimi Williston *Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860 *Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975...

 gr. plumosus. They are large (compared to the larvae of other Tanypodinae

Tanypodinae

Tanypodinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family .-Tribes & Genera:*Tribe Anatopyniini*Anatopynia Johannsen, 1905*Tribe Coelotanypodini*Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1913*Tribe Macropelopiini...

) predators that can ingest large prey (such as Ostracods and Chironomus

Chironomus

Chironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae.-Species:*Chironomus anonimi Williston *Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860 *Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975...

larvae) in one piece.