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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. dentata
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Neurochemistry
editP. 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Pheidole dentata". AntCat. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Muscedere, M. L.; Traniello, J. F. A. (2012). "Division of labor in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole is associated with distinct subcaste- and age-related patterns of worker brain organization". PLOS ONE. 7 (2): e31618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031618. PMC 3281964. PMID 22363686.
- ^ Gadenne, Christophe; Barrozo, Romina B.; Anton, Sylvia (2016-03-11). "Plasticity in insect olfaction: to smell or not to smell?". Annual Review of Entomology. 61 (1): 317–333. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023523. hdl:11336/19586. PMID 26982441. S2CID 207568844.
External links
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