Francisco Hita Garcia

Francisco Hita Garcia, American entomologist.

• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 8 taxon names authored by Francisco Hita Garcia

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Köhler, J., Vieites, D.R., Bonett, R.M., Hita Garcia, F., Glaw, F., Steinke, D. & Vences, M. 2005. New Amphibians and global conservation: a boost in species discoveries in a highly endangered vertebrate group. Bioscience 55: 693–696.

2009

• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Peters, M.K., Snelling, R.R. & Wägele, J.W. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural History 98:147-165.

2010

• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Tetramorium snellingi sp.n. ‒ a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a Western Kenyan rain forest. Myrmecological News 13: 141–146. Online. Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Kück, P., Thormann, B. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Tetramorium boehmei sp. n. – a new ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57(2): 359–366. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704: 1–90. Preview Reference page. 

2011

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups. Zootaxa 3039: 1–72. Preview PDF Reference page. 

2012

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups. Zootaxa 3365: 1–123. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups. Zootaxa 3592: 1–85. Preview PDF Reference page. 

2013

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex. ZooKeys 299: 77–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.299.5063 Reference page. 

2014

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fischer, G. 2014. Additions to the taxonomy of the Afrotropical Tetramorium weitzeckeri species complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the description of a new species from Kenya. European Journal of Taxonomy (90). DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.90 . Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group. ZooKeys 411: 67–103. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.411.7260 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61(1): 65–76. DOI: 10.3897/dez.61.7634 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups. ZooKeys 413: 1–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.413.7172 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F., Hawkes, P.G. & Alpert, G.D. 2014. Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species. ZooKeys 447: 47–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.447.7766 Reference page. 

2015

• Fischer, G., Azorsa, F.L., Hita Garcia, F., Mikheyev, A. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood. Zookeys, 525: 77–105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.525.6057 Full article Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2015: Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – first record of the T. setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key. ZooKeys 512: 121–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9860 Full article Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F., Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji. ZooKeys 475: 97–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.475.8761 Reference page. 
• Liu, C., Guénard, B., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Blanchard, B., Yang, D.-R. & Economo, E. 2015. New records of ant species from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 477: 17–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.477.8775 Reference page. 
• Liu, C., Hita Garcia, F., Peng, Y-Q. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Aenictus yangi sp. n. – a new species of the A. ceylonicus species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Yunnan, China. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 42: 33–45. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.42.8859. Reference page. 

2017

• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Liu, C., Audisio, T.L. & Economo, E.P. 2017. Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.693.13012. Reference page. 
• Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A., Aldawood, A.S. & Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58(2): 21–37. DOI: 10.3897/AafrInvertebr.58.12782. Reference page. 

2018

• Staab, M., Hita Garcia, F., Liu, C., Xu, Z-H. & Economo, E.P. 2018. Systematics of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in China – with descriptions of three new species based on micro-CT enhanced next-generation-morphology. ZooKeys 770: 137–192. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.770.24908 Reference page. 

2019

• Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S. & Hita Garcia, F. 2019. Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys, 898: 27–81. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.898.37531 Reference page. 

2020

• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B. & Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978: 1–171. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.978.55767 Reference page. 

2022

• Gómez, K., Kouakou, L.M., Fischer, G., Hita-Garcia, F., Katzke, J. & Economo, E.P. 2022. Pheidole klaman sp. nov.: a new addition from Ivory Coast to the Afrotropical pulchella species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys 1104ː 129–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1104.81562 Reference page.