Anochetus levaillanti

Group of sedilioti. Medium-sized species with large eyes and thick, often barrel-shaped petiolar nodes, siubtruncate or broadly rounded above. Antennal scapes short to moderate in length, sometimes not surpassing «occipital» lobes in repose. Strong tendency to develop abundant pubescence (appressed or decumbent) and widespread sculpture. Of the 2 widespread African species, sedilioti is circum-Saharan and extends through the western length of the Indian Peninsula, and levaillanti is in arid southern and northeastern Africa. The other tropical Asian species are madaraszi, kanariensis, orientalis and obscurior from India, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka.Published as part of Brown, WL Jr.,, 1978, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography., pp. 549-638 in Studia Entomologica 20 on page 56