AUSTRALIA-NEW SPECIES-BIODIVERSITY

(220809) -- CANBERRA, Aug. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Aug. 9, 2022 shows a newly named ant Anonychomyrma inclinata. Australia's national science agency has revealed that it named and described more than 100 new species over the last year in a "win for biodiversity". Researchers from the CSIRO in Canberra identified 139 new species and described them in scientific journals over the last 12 months. The tally consists of 131 insects and invertebrates, four fish, three plants and one frog species, which include a species of ant that protects one of Australia's rarest butterfly species. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)