Georg Fischer

Georg Fischer, German entomologist.

Systematic Zoology, Zoological Research Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee, Bonn, Germany.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

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. 2010. [Untitled. Tetramorium boehmei Hita Garcia & Fischer sp. n.]. pp. 363–365 in: 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 57:359-366.
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.

Fischer, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Peters, M. K. 2012. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group. Zootaxa 3232:1-43.

Fischer, G. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683(4): 301–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.1 Reference page.

Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.438.7922 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.

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.
Liu, C., Fischer, G. & Economo, E. 2015. A rare ant on Samoa: first record of the cryptic subfamily Proceratiinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and description of a new Proceratium Roger species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 46: 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.46.5849. Reference page.
Sarnat, E.M., Fischer, G., Guénard, B. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution. ZooKeys 543: 1–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.543.6050 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.

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.