Hita Garcia Francisco HITA FRANCISCO

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Researcher Number	90791393
Affiliation (based on the past Project Information) *help	2022 – 2023: 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, 客員研究員 2021: 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, スタッフサイエンティスト 2018 – 2019: 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, 研究員
Review Section/Research Field	Principal Investigator Basic Section 45030:Biodiversity and systematics-related / Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
Keywords	Principal Investigator morphological evolution / phylogeny / Madagascar / evolutionary radiation / biogeography / radiation / taxonomy / Anti-predator defense / Trait evolution / Hyper-diversity … More / Phylogeny / Morphological evolution / anti-predator defense / evolution / Tetramorium / x-ray microtomography / ants / trait evolution / phylogenomics / hyper-diversity Less

Research Projects
(2 results)
Research Products
(22 results)

Unraveling taxonomic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of a remarkable ant radiation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Terataner) in Madagascar based on next-generation-sequencing and x-ray microtomographyPrincipal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
  
  Hita Garcia Francisco
- Project Period (FY)
  2021 – 2023
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45030:Biodiversity and systematics-related
- Research Institution
  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
The role of anti-predator defenses for the evolution of hyper-diversity in the ant genus TetramoriumPrincipal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
  
  HITA FRANCISCO
- Project Period (FY)
  2018 – 2019
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
- Research Institution
  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

All 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article Presentation

[Journal Article] Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants2023
- Author(s)
  Aibekova L、Keller R A、Katzke J、Allman D M、Hita-Garcia F、Labonte D、Narendra A、Economo E P
- Journal Title
  
  Integrative Organismal Biology
  
  Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-38
- DOI
  10.1093/iob/obad026
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326, KAKENHI-PROJECT-22KJ3077
[Journal Article] Parallel and divergent morphological adaptations underlying the evolution of jumping ability in ants2023
- Author(s)
  Aibekova, L., Keller, R.A., Katzke, J., Allman, D.M., Hita Garcia, F., Labonte, D., Narendra, A. & Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  BioRxiv
  
  Volume: in press
- DOI
  10.1101/2023.03.11.531676
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Journal Article] Wonderfully weird: the head anatomy of the armadillo ant, Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), with evolutionary implications2023
- Author(s)
  Richter, A., Boudinot, B.E., Hita Garcia, F., Billen, J., Economo, E.P. & Beutel, R.
- Journal Title
  
  Myrmecological News
  
  Volume: 33 Pages: 35-75
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Journal Article] Breakdown in seasonal dynamics of subtropical ant communities with land-cover change2023
- Author(s)
  Kass Jamie M.、Yoshimura Masashi、Ogasawara Masako、Suwabe Mayuko、Hita Garcia Francisco、Fischer Georg、Dudley Kenneth L.、Donohue Ian、Economo Evan P.
- Journal Title
  
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
  
  Volume: 290 Issue: 2008 Pages: 20231185-20231185
- DOI
  10.1098/rspb.2023.1185
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Journal Article] Pheidole klaman sp. nov.: a new addition from Ivory Coast to the Afrotropical pulchella species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)2022
- Author(s)
  Gomez, K., Kouakao, L.M.M., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Katzke, J. & Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Zookeys
  
  Volume: 1104 Pages: 129-157
- DOI
  10.3897/zookeys.1104.81562
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Journal Article] The Skeletomuscular System of the Mesosoma of Formica rufa Workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2022
- Author(s)
  Aibekova, L., Boudinot, B.E., Beutel, R., Richter, A., Keller, R.A., Hita Garcia, F. & Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Insect Systematics and Diversity
  
  Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-26
- DOI
  10.1093/isd/ixac002
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326, KAKENHI-PROJECT-22KJ3077
[Journal Article] Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lordomyrma Emery, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species and an identification key to the known species of the world2022
- Author(s)
  Liu, X., Xu, Z., & Hita Garcia, F.
- Journal Title
  
  Asian Myrmecology
  
  Volume: 14
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Journal Article] Colonize, radiate, decline: Unraveling the dynamics of island community assembly with Fijian trap‐jaw ants2020
- Author(s)
  Liu, C., Sarnat, E.M., Friedman, N.R., Hita Garcia, F., Darwell, C., Bouher, D., Kubota, Y., Mikhejev, A., Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Evolution
  
  Volume: 2020 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-16
- DOI
  10.1111/evo.13983
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia2019
- Author(s)
  Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S., Hita Garcia, F.
- Journal Title
  
  Zookeys
  
  Volume: 898 Pages: 27-81
- DOI
  10.3897/zookeys.898.37531
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Ready Species One: exploring the use of augmented reality to enhance systematic biology with a revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2019
- Author(s)
  Sarnat, E.M., Hita Garcia, F., Dudley, K, Liu, C., Fischer, G. & Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Insect Systematics & Diversity
  
  Volume: In Press
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Ready Species One: Exploring the Use of Augmented Reality to Enhance Systematic Biology with a Revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2019
- Author(s)
  Sarnat, E.M., Hita Garcia, F., Dudley, K., Liu, C., Fischer, G., Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Insect Systematics and Diversity
  
  Volume: 3 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-43
- DOI
  10.1093/isd/ixz005
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Revision of the Highly Specialized Ant Genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics with X-Ray Microtomography and 3D Cybertaxonomy2019
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F., Lieberman, Z., Audisio, T.L., Liu, C., Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Insect Systematics and Diversity
  
  Volume: 3 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-84
- DOI
  10.1093/isd/ixz015
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Taxonomy of Arabian Temnothorax Mayr (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with description of a new species enhanced by x-ray microtomography2019
- Author(s)
  Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S., Economo, E.P., Wachkoo, A.A., Hita Garcia, F.
- Journal Title
  
  Scientitic Reports
  
  Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 11009-11009
- DOI
  10.1038/s41598-019-47260-y
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Journal Article] Revision of the highly-specialized ant genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics based on xray microtomography and 3D cybertaxonomy2019
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F., Lieberman, Z., Audisio, T.L., Liu, C. & Economo, E.P.
- Journal Title
  
  Insect Systematics & Diversity
  
  Volume: In Press
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] ANTSCAN or how to generate 3D morphology data for the whole ant tree of life2023
- Author(s)
  F. HIta Garcia
- Organizer
  10th Congress of the International Society of Hymenopterists
- Invited / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Presentation] Unraveling taxonomy and evolutionary dynamics of a remarkable ant radiation in Madagascar based on next-generation-sequencing and 3D cybertaxonomy.2022
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F.
- Organizer
  Ecological Society of Japan 69th Annual Meeting, ESJ, Fukuoka
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K06326
[Presentation] Morphology reloaded (again) - ANTSCAN or how to connect phenotypes with genotypes through next-generation phenomics2019
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F.
- Organizer
  XXIV Simposio de Mirmecologia, An international ant meeting, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Invited / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] Ghost in the shell: next-generation phenomics and 3D cybertaxonomy in ants2019
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F.
- Organizer
  XXIV Simposio de Mirmecologia, An international ant meeting, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Invited / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] The Evolution of head morphology in ants: analysis of an understudied character complex2019
- Author(s)
  Richter, A., Hita Garcia, F., Keller, R.A., Economo, Billen, J., E.P. & Beutel, R.
- Organizer
  112th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Association, Jena, Germany
- Invited / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] Form follows phylogeny? Insights into Crematogaster ant evolution by combining micro-CT and geometric morphometrics2018
- Author(s)
  Katzke, J., Friedman, N.R., Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Blaimer, B., Fisher, B.L. & Economo E.P.
- Organizer
  ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting “Crossing borders: Entomology in a changing world”, Vancouver, Canada
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] ) Next-generation phenomics and the renaissance of morphology in ant systematics2018
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F., Friedman, N.R., Khalife, A. & Economo E.P.
- Organizer
  ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting “Crossing borders: Entomology in a changing world”, Vancouver, Canada
- Invited / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768
[Presentation] 3D ants and next-generation phenomics: from cybertypes to virtual natural history collections2018
- Author(s)
  Hita Garcia, F.
- Organizer
  9th Congress of International Society of Hymenopterists, Matsuyama, Japan
- Invited
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K14768

Hita Garcia Francisco HITA FRANCISCO

HITA FRANCISCO HITA FRANCISCO

Research Projects

Research Products

Unraveling taxonomic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of a remarkable ant radiation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Terataner) in Madagascar based on next-generation-sequencing and x-ray microtomographyPrincipal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Project Period (FY)

Research Category

Review Section

Research Institution

The role of anti-predator defenses for the evolution of hyper-diversity in the ant genus TetramoriumPrincipal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Project Period (FY)

Research Category

Review Section

Research Institution

[Journal Article] Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants2023

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[Journal Article] Parallel and divergent morphological adaptations underlying the evolution of jumping ability in ants2023

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[Journal Article] Wonderfully weird: the head anatomy of the armadillo ant, Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), with evolutionary implications2023

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[Journal Article] Breakdown in seasonal dynamics of subtropical ant communities with land-cover change2023

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DOI

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[Journal Article] Pheidole klaman sp. nov.: a new addition from Ivory Coast to the Afrotropical pulchella species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)2022

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DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] The Skeletomuscular System of the Mesosoma of Formica rufa Workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2022

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Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lordomyrma Emery, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species and an identification key to the known species of the world2022

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Journal Title

Data Source

[Journal Article] Colonize, radiate, decline: Unraveling the dynamics of island community assembly with Fijian trap‐jaw ants2020

Author(s)

Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia2019

Author(s)

Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Ready Species One: exploring the use of augmented reality to enhance systematic biology with a revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2019

Author(s)

Journal Title

Data Source

[Journal Article] Ready Species One: Exploring the Use of Augmented Reality to Enhance Systematic Biology with a Revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)2019

Author(s)

Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Revision of the Highly Specialized Ant Genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics with X-Ray Microtomography and 3D Cybertaxonomy2019

Author(s)

Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Taxonomy of Arabian Temnothorax Mayr (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with description of a new species enhanced by x-ray microtomography2019

Author(s)

Journal Title

DOI

Data Source

[Journal Article] Revision of the highly-specialized ant genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics based on xray microtomography and 3D cybertaxonomy2019

Author(s)