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CSIRO names new Aussie fly species after Marvel characters Deadpool, Thor, Loki, and Black Widow – PerthNow

The CSIRO has named more than 160 new species, including a fly named “Deadpool” after the Marvel comic character, in the past year.

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Deadpool, Thor, Loki, and Black Widow are just some of the colourful names given to five new species of Australian flies by the nation’s premier science agency.
The names, all based on Marvel comic characters, were assigned by the CSIRO in the past year and are included in a list of 165 new Australian species of insects and plants.
CSIRO Entomologist Dr Bryan Lessard, also known as ‘Bry the Fly Guy’, said only a quarter of Australian insects are known to science and the more named, the better….

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