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Spinning a tune: Chinese scientist names new spider species after pop songs

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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 .

The paper, published in December , has gone viral since being discovered by netizens this year .

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