Francisco Hita Garcia

Francisco Hita Garcia, Spanish entomologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

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.

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.

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 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2704.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hita Garcia, F., Gómez, K., Keller, R.A., Schurian, B. & Economo, E.P. 2025. A never-ending story: updated 3D cyber-taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) for the Afrotropical region. ZooKeys 1223: 1–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238 Reference page.