Anochetus talpa

Brown, WL Jr.,, 1978, Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography., Studia Entomologica 20, pp. 549-638 : 564

Group of talpa . A single small-eyed species with a compressed, but still rather bluntly rounded, petiolar node. Sculpture more or less reduced, shining. May be related to grandidieri , or could be a convergent species descended from ghilianii group. Natal, S. Africa.