''Aulacopone'' is a genus of ant in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Heteroponerinae Heteroponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing three genera in one tribe. The subfamily was created in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromo ...

containing the single species ''Aulacopone relicta''. The genus was described by Arnoldi (1930) from a unique dealate female collected at

Ələzəpin Ələzəpin is a village in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the ...

(Alazapin), near Lankaran, in Azerbaijan S.S.R., Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan), near its border with Iran. The specimen was taken in galleries of the

formicine The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little ...

ant ''

Lasius emarginatus ''Lasius emarginatus'' is a species of boreal formicine ants. Description ''Lasius emarginatus'' is a small ant, reaching a length of 3–5.5 mm in the workers, 7–10 mm in the females and 7–14.5 mm in males. In workers and f ...

'', under the bark of an oak stump, in mid-montane forest.

References

*Arnol'di, K. V. (1930). "Studien über die Systematik der Ameisen. IV. ''Aulacopone'', eine neue Ponerinengattung (Formicidae) in Russland." ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' 89:139-144. *

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* Heteroponerinae Monotypic ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia Endemic fauna of Azerbaijan {{ant-stub