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Ants are eusocial ___MASK62___ of the family ___MASK13___ and , along with the related wasps and bees , belong to the order Hymenoptera . Ants evolved from wasp - like ancestors in the Cretaceous period , about 99 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants . More than 12 , 500 of an estimated total of 22 , 000 species have been classified . They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node - like structure that forms their slender waists . ___MASK57___ , the water skinks , are a genus of skinks in the subfamily ___MASK69___ . The genus " ___MASK57___ " belongs to a clade in the " Sphenomorphus " group that contains other genera such as " Ctenotus " and " Anomalopus ". Even closer related to " ___MASK57___ " than these two genera , seems to be " Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae " ( the prickly skink ). Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land ___MASK88___ and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land ___MASK88___ . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . Binomial nomenclature ( also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature ) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts , both of which use Latin grammatical forms , although they can be based on words from other languages . Such a name is called a binomial name ( which may be shortened to just " binomial "), a binomen or a scientific name ; more informally it is also called a Latin name . The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs ; the second part identifies the species within the genus . For example , humans belong to the genus " ___MASK99___ " and within this genus to the species " ___MASK99___ sapiens ". The " formal " introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus , effectively beginning with his work " Species Plantarum " in 1753 . But Gaspard Bauhin , in as early as 1623 , had introduced in his book " Pinax theatri botanici " ( English , " Illustrated exposition of plants ") many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus . Gnypetoscincus is a monotypic genus of skinks ( family ___MASK89___ ). It contains a single species , the prickly skink , or prickly forest skink , ( Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae ). Skinks are lizards belonging to the family ___MASK89___ and the infraorder ___MASK71___ . With more than 1 , 500 described species , the ___MASK89___ is one of the most diverse families of lizards . ___MASK95___ is the genus of worm - skinks , smallish smooth - scaled burrowing skinks ( family ___MASK89___ ) from the eastern half of Australia . It belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and the close relatives ___MASK57___ and Gnypetoscincus ( Austin & Arnold 2006 ) . A genus ( genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology . In the hierarchy of biological classification , genus comes above species and below family . In binomial nomenclature , the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus . The genus ___MASK87___  vernacularly known as the common skinks  currently serves as a " wastebin taxon " for a large number of skinks . While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives , the genus as presently delimited is likely to be not monophyletic and is in need of review . Tasmania ( abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as " Tassie ") is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia . It is located to the south of the Australian mainland , separated by Bass Strait . The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania , the 26th - largest island in the world , and the surrounding 334 islands . The state has a population of around 518 , 500 , just over forty percent of which resides in the Greater Hobart precinct , which forms the metropolitan ___MASK88___ of the state capital and largest city , Hobart . ___MASK69___ is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae . The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus groups . If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed , the genus groups would be designated as such , but such a move would require a formal description according to the ICZN standards . In biology , an organism is any contiguous living system , such as an ___MASK6___ , plant , fungus , archaeon , or bacterium . All known types of organisms are capable of some degree of response to stimuli , reproduction , growth and development and homeostasis . An organism consists of one or more cells ; when it has one cell it is known as a unicellular organism ; and when it has more than one it is known as a multicellular organism . Most unicellular organisms are of microscopic scale and are thus loosely described as microorganisms . Humans are multicellular organisms composed of many trillions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs . ___MASK11___ is a genus of skinks ( family ___MASK89___ ). It belongs to a clade in the " Sphenomorphus " group which contains such genera as " Anomalopus " and the close relatives " ___MASK57___ " and " Gnypetoscincus ". Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land ___MASK88___ of . The country ' s capital , Honiara , is located on the island of Guadalcanal . The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago , which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands ( part of Papua New Guinea ), but excludes outlying islands , such as Rennell and Bellona , and the Santa Cruz Islands . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total ___MASK88___ . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban ___MASK88___ is Sydney . A clade ( from , " klados ", " branch ") is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants , and represents a single " branch " on the " tree of life ". New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island ___MASK77___ of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of ___MASK6___ , fungal and plant life . The country ' s varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland .