Anochetus levaillanti

This species forages singly in open areas during the day and nest entrances are small openings in the soil. Workers can be seen bringing back small prey items to the nest.

Identification
First gastric tergum with rugulose sculpture in addition to the punctures over much of its anterior and discal surfaces, rendering it opaque, or at most only weakly shining; vertex continuously striate and opaque to nuchal carina over a wide median area of vertex; pronotal disc entirely striate and opaque.

Distribution
This taxon was described from South Africa. It is also found in Eritrea, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Biology
This species forages singly during the day in open areas. Individual foragers can be seen bringing a series of small prey items back to their nest. Colony size is estimated to be less tthan 100 workers based upon the number of workers returning to the nest. Workers are timid and "freeze" if disturbed.

Nomenclature

 *  levaillanti. Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895h: 21 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Arnold, 1915: 108 (q.). See also: Brown, 1978c: 594.