References by Hita Garcia, F.
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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. PDF
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 (2):359-366. PDF
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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010a. Tetramorium snellingi sp. n. – a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a western Kenyan rainforest. Myrmecological News 13:141-146. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010b. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. PDF
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. PDF
Kück, P.; Hita Garcia, F.; Misof, B.; Meusemann, K. 2011. Improved phylogenetic analyses corroborate a plausible position of Martialis heureka in the ant tree of life. PLoS ONE 6 (6):15 pp. e21031. 10.1371/journal.pone.0021031 PDF
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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2012a. 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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2012b. 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. PDF
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. 10.3897/zookeys.299.5063 PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
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 90:1-16. PDF
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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F. 2014. [Untitled. Tetramorium raptor Hita Garcia sp. nov.]. Pp. 84-87 in: Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. 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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. 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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014b. Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61:65-76. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014c. 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. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
Wetterer, J. K.; Hita Garcia, F. 2015. Worldwide spread of Tetramorium caldarium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 21:93-99. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Hita Garcia, F.; Mikheyev, A. S.; 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. 10.3897/zookeys.525.6057 PDF
Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Hita Garcia, F. 2015. [New species of Carebara, attributed to Fischer, Azorsa and Hita Garcia.]. Pp. 93-102 in: Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Hita Garcia, F.; Mikheyev, A. S.; 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. PDF
Hita Garcia, F. 2017. [New species of Terataner attributed to F. Hita Garcia]. Pp. 12-25 in: Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Liu, C.; Audisio, T. L.; Alpert, G. D.; Fisher, B. L.; Economo, E. P. 2017. X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar. PLoS ONE 12 (3):36 pp. e0172641. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Nesomyrmex zaheri attributed to Sharaf, Akbar & Hita Garcia, sp. n. Pp. 31-33 in: 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 58:21-37. PDF
Hita Garcia, F. 2017. [New species of Zasphinctus attributed to F. Hita Garcia]. Pp. 51-65 in: 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. PDF
Agavekar, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Economo, E. P. 2017. Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ 5:50 pp. e3800. 10.7717/peerj.3800 PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Liu, C.; Audisio, T. L.; Alpert, G. D.; Fisher, B. L.; Economo, E. P. 2017. X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar. PLoS ONE 12 (3):36 pp. e0172641. 10.1371/journal.pone.0172641 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Tetramorium pseudogladius Tetramorium pseudogladius Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium rala Tetramorium rala Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium scutum Tetramorium scutum Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium mpala Tetramorium mpala Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium nilo Proceratium nilo Hita Garcia et al., 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium carri Proceratium carri Hita Garcia et al., 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium sali Proceratium sali Hita Garcia et al., 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium sokoke Proceratium sokoke Hita Garcia et al., 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium raptor Tetramorium raptor Hita Garcia, 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium vinaka Proceratium vinaka Hita Garcia et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Aenictus yangi Aenictus yangi Liu et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium cavernicola Tetramorium cavernicola Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Carebara lilith Carebara lilith Fischer et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Carebara phragmotica Carebara phragmotica Fischer et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex inhaca Nesomyrmex inhaca Hita Garcia et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Terataner balrog Terataner balrog Hita Garcia, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Terataner nymeria Terataner nymeria Hita Garcia, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex zaheri Nesomyrmex zaheri Sharaf et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Zasphinctus obamai Zasphinctus obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Zasphinctus sarowiwai Zasphinctus sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Zasphinctus wilsoni Zasphinctus wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium jarawa Tetramorium jarawa Agavekar et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium krishnani Tetramorium krishnani Agavekar et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium mohammedi Monomorium mohammedi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium bruelheidei Proceratium bruelheidei Staab et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium kepingmai Proceratium kepingmai Staab et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium shohei Proceratium shohei Staab et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium aisha Tetramorium aisha Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium brigitteae Tetramorium brigitteae Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium duncani Tetramorium duncani Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 2009–2024
Taxon descriptions between 2010–2024
No. of references 60
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 136
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 135
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 135
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Hita Garcia, F. 60