01675naa a2200397 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000150009524501970011026000090030752005500031665000200086665000130088665000140089965000160091365000120092965000210094165300150096270000130097770000190099070000160100970000170102570000170104270000190105970000160107870000230109470000130111770000170113070000200114770000180116770000150118570000150120070000160121577300460123121126102019-12-16 2019 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d7 a10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.12DOI1 aCSUZDI, C. aDescription of a new Central African earthworm, Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Eudrilidae), celebrating the 100th birthday of Pietro Omodeo.h[electronic resource] c2019 aProf. Pietro Omodeo (University of Siena, Italy), the world-renowned earthworm taxonomist and evolutionary biologist, was born in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy on the 27th September, 1919. He celebrates his 100th birthday in 2019 and members of the international community of earthworm taxonomists salute him with Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov., a new megadrile taxon discovered in 1991 by him but which has not been formally described until now. The many important contributions of Omodeo to oligochaetological research are briefly mentioned aAnimal taxonomy aAnnelida aNew genus aOligochaeta aMinhoca aTaxonomia Animal aOligoqueta1 aROTA, E.1 aSZEDERJESI, T.1 aHERLOCK, E.1 aBROWN, G. G.1 aCHANG, C.-H.1 aDIAZ COSIN, D.1 aFRAGOSO, C.1 aJAMIESON, B. G. M.1 aHONG, Y.1 aJAMES, S. W.1 aPAOLETTI, M. G.1 aPAVLÍCEK, T.1 aPLISKO, D.1 aPOP, V. V.1 aSHEN, H.-P. tZootaxagv. 4674, n. 5, p. 501-508, 2019.