Spinning a tune: Chinese scientist names 16 new spider species after Jay Chou’s songs


Taiwanese singer Jay Chou has been a household name on the Chinese mainland and beyond for over two decades. - PHOTO: HORIZON PRODUCTION via the Straits Times/ANN

BEIJING (AFP): A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop" musician Jay Chou.

Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at Tongren University in China's southwestern Guizhou province, listed the newly discovered arachnids in a paper published in the academic journal Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation.

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