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 ...

BEIJING: 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 ...

BEIJING – A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular Mandopop musician Jay Chou. Professor Mi Xiaoqi of Tongren University in China’s south-western Guizhou ...

These new spider species, belonging to six genera, were discovered at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

One of the arachnids -- the 3.5-millimetre long Cyclosa xingqing sp. nov. or "Starry Mood spider" -- is named after a hit love song from Chou's debut album "Jay" released in 2000. Others are named ...