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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists discover 17 new millipede species, one named after Taylor Swift

Dr Derek Hennen

Entomologists have discovered 17 new species of millipedes living in the Appalachian Mountains of the US, and named one of them after popular US singer and songwriter Taylor Swift.

The millipedes, described in a study published in the journal ZooKeys on Friday, belong to the genus Nannaria – an assemblage of small-bodied millipedes distributed in eastern North America.

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