Francisco Hita Garcia Ph.D.
Wissenschaftler:in
Publikationen
Aibekova, L., Keller, R., Katzke, J., Narendra, A., Hita Garcia, F., Economo, E. (2023). The Evolution of Forward Leaping in Ants. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62, S5–S5.
Narayanan, S., Das, S., Anvar, Y.M., Tillack, F., Mohapatra, P.P., Gower, D.J., Rajkumar, K.P., Deepak, V. (2023). On the taxonomic validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with new insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology, 73, 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e97002
Hamer, M., Katzke, J., Tang, K., Weemaels, A., Hita Garcia, F., Economo, E., Guénard, B. (2025). A revision of the rare Strumigenys mnemosyne (Formicidae; Myrmicinae) group using micro-CT scanning, with the description of three new species, and the virtual repair of a broken paratype. PLoS ONE, 20(9), e0331762. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331762
Liu, C., Sarnat, E., Tan, J., Janicki, J., Deyrup, J., Ogasawara, M., Grau, M., Qiu, L., Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Caginitoba, A., Narula, N., Darwell, C., Kubota, Y., Pierce, N., Mikheyev, A., Economo, E. (2025). Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna. Science, 389(6765), 1133-1136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads3004
Kass, J.M., Yoshimura, M., Ogasawara, M., Suwabe, M., Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Dudley, K.L., Donohue, I., Economo, E.P. (2023). Breakdown in seasonal dynamics of subtropical ant communities with land-cover change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(2008), 20231185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1185
Jiménez-Mejías, P., Manzano, S., Gowda, V., Krell, F.T., Lin, M.Y., Martín-Bravo, S., Martín-Torrijos, L., Nieto Feliner, G., Mosyakin, S.L., Naczi, R.F.C., Acedo, C., Álvarez, I., Crisci, J.V., Luceño Garcés, M., Manning, J., Moreno Saiz, J.C., Muasya, A.M., Riina, R., Meseguer, A.S., Sánchez-Mata, D., Hita Garcia, F., 1542 additional coauthors (2024). Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal. BioScience, 74(7), 467-472. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae043
Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2024). Evolution of odorant receptor repertoires across Hymenoptera is not linked to the evolution of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2031), 20241280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1280
Matte, A., Guénard, B., Gautam, S., Azuma, F., Katzke, J., Garcia, F.H., Van De Kamp, T., Economo, E.P. (2025). The evolution of cheaper workers facilitated larger societies and accelerated diversification in ants. Science Advances, 11(51), eadx8068. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
Aibekova, L., Keller, R.A., Katzke, J., Allman, D.M., Hita-Garcia, F., Labonte, D., Narendra, A., Economo, E.P. (2023). Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants. Integrative Organismal Biology, 5(1), obad026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad026
Nasser, M., Sharaf, M., Aldawood, A., Al-Ashaal, S., Kamal, M., Wetterer, J., Fisher, B., Hita Garcia, F., Heterick, B., Hosni, E. (2025). Forecasting the Future of Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Climate Change, Habitat Degradation, and Management Implications throughout Africa and the Middle East. Annales Zoologici, 75(2), 505-526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541anz2025.75.2.007
Liu, C., Hita Garcia, F., Peng, Y.Q., Pierce, N.E. (2024). Taxonomy of the ant genus Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China with description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology, 17, e017001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20362/AM.017001
Richter, A., Keller, R.A., Hita Garcia, F., van de Kamp, T., Economo, E.P. (2025). The evolution of novel mouthpart interlocking mechanisms in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(1), zlaf113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf113
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: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238
Richter, A., Boudinot, B.E., Hita Garcia, F., Billen, J., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G. (2023). Wonderfully weird: the head anatomy of the armadillo ant, Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), with evolutionary implications. Myrmecological News, 33, 35-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_033:035