Aulacopone

This genus and single species is only known from the holotype dealate queen(now apparently lost) and a single dealate queen coated for SEM work. Found in the forested areas of Azerbijan under bark, this ant remains a phylogenetic and behavioral mystery.

Distribution
This ant has been collected in only two locations in Azerbijan, in the south in 1930 and in the north in 1936. Bob Taylor has published an account of the only known specimen remaining in the ANIC in Australia.

Biology
One dealate queen was found under bark near a nest of Lasius emarginatus.

Castes
Known only from dealate queens.

Nomenclature

 *  AULACOPONE [Heteroponerinae]Aulacopone Arnol'di, 1930a: 139. Type-species: Aulacopone relicta, by monotypy.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Arnoldi 1930a.pdf|Arnol'di, K. V. 1930a. Studien über die Systematik der Ameisen. IV. Aulacopone, eine neue Ponerinengattung (Formicidae) in Russland. Zool. Anz. 89: 139-144 PDF]]

[http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Taylor/1980c.pdf Taylor, R.W. 1980c. Notes on the Russian endemic ant genus Aulacopone Arnoldi. Psyche 86 (1979): 353-361.]