CSIRO researchers identify 139 new species, including an ant that ‘babysits’ caterpillars
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#629J9)
Other discoveries formally named and described include 131 insects and other invertebrates, four fish, three plants and a frog
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A blind cave-dwelling weevil, an ant that protects the caterpillars of one of Australia's rarest butterflies, and the first millipede to actually have more than 1,000 legs were among 139 new species described by scientists at CSIRO in the past year.
Other discoveries formally named and described in scientific journals include 131 insects and other invertebrates, four fish, three plants and a frog.
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