Taxonomic history
Forel, 1901j PDF: 351 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 71 (l.); Crozier, 1970a PDF: 117 (k.).Subspecies of Pheidole morrisii: Cresson, 1887 PDF: 262; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 93; Emery, 1895d PDF: 295.Status as species: Forel, 1901j PDF: 351; Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 302; Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 460; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 564; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 115; Emery, 1922c PDF: 104; Smith, 1930a PDF: 3; Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 6; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 177; Smith, 1951c PDF: 801; Smith, 1958c PDF: 121; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 14 (in key); Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list); Beck et al., 1967: 72; Smith, 1967a PDF: 354; Wilson, 1976a PDF: 63; Smith, 1979: 1369; Allred, 1982: 494; Naves, 1985 PDF: 60; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 46; Wilson, 2003a: 282 (redescription); Coovert, 2005 PDF: 57; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 71; Deyrup, 2017: 85.Senior synonym of Pheidole commutata: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 178; Smith, 1958c PDF: 121; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Naves, 1985 PDF: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 282.Senior synonym of Pheidole dentata faisonsica: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 178; Smith, 1958c PDF: 121; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Naves, 1985 PDF: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 282.Senior synonym of Pheidole tennesseensis: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 178; Smith, 1951c PDF: 802; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Naves, 1985 PDF: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 282; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 57.
Pheidole dentata is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is distributed in North America, from the Mid-Atlantic states and southeastern United States to Mexico.[2]
P. dentata takes on more and more tasks in the colony as it gets older, which requires it to respond to more and more olfactory cues in the course of performing them. This broadening olfactory response repertoire was demonstrated by Seid and Traniello 2006 to go along with increased serotonin and dopamine, but not octopamine.[3]
Pheidole dentata is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is distributed in North America, from the Mid-Atlantic states and southeastern United States to Mexico.
