{{Short description|Species of millipede}} {{Speciesbox | image = Trigoniulus corallinus.02.jpg | image_caption = In Cuiabá | taxon = Trigoniulus corallinus | authority = (Gervais, 1842) | synonyms = *''Iulus corallines'' <small>Gervais, 1842</small> *''Iulus sumatrensis'' <small>Gervais, 1847</small> *''Spirostreptus sanguineus'' <small>(Koch, 1863)</small> *''Spirobolus lumbricinus'' <small>Gerstaecker, 1873</small> *''Spirobolus goësi'' <small>Porat, 1876</small> *''Spirobolus cinctures'' <small>Porat, 1876</small> *''Spirobolus rugosus'' <small>Voges, 1878</small> *''Spirobolus detornatus'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Spirobolus punctiplenus'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Spirobolus signifer'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Spirobolus decoratus'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Spirobolus phranus'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Spirobolus punctidives'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> *''Trigoniulus sanguineus'' <small>Tömösváry, 1885</small> *''Spirobolus dominicae'' <small>Pocock, 1888</small> *''Spirobolus surinamensis'' <small>Bollman, 1893</small> *''Trigoniulus goësi'' <small>(Porat, 1876)</small> *''Trigoniulus goesii'' <small>(Porat, 1876)</small> *''Spirobolus dorso-punctatus'' <small>Saussure & Zehntner, 1897</small> *''Spirobolus sanctaeluciae'' <small>Bollman, 1888</small> *''Spirobolus sanguineus'' <small>C. L. Koch, 1847</small> *''Trigoniulus goesi'' <small>(Porat, 1876)</small> *''Spirobolus (Trigoniulus) goesi'' <small>Porat, 1876</small> *''Trigoniulus lumbricinus'' <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small> }}
'''''Trigoniulus corallinus''''', sometimes called the '''rusty millipede''' or '''common Asian millipede''', is a species of millipede widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Nepal, and much of Indonesia. It is also reported from Fiji, Tanzania and Zambia, and found in South Asia and the Caribbean as an introduced species.<ref name=Shelley>{{cite journal |doi=10.3157/0013-872X(2006)117[239:IOTMTC]2.0.CO;2|title=Introduction of the milliped, ''Trigoniulus corallinus'' (Gervais, 1847) (Spirobolida: Trigoniulidae), in Florida, U.S.A.|journal=Entomological News|volume=117|issue=2|pages=239–241|date=March 2006|last1=Shelley|first1=Rowland M.|last2=Carmany|first2=Robert M.|last3=Burgess|first3=Joseph |url=https://archive.org/download/wikipedia-scholarly-sources-corpus/10.3157.zip/10.3157%252F0013-872X%25282006%2529117%255B239%253AIOTMTC%255D2.0.CO%253B2.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d9f155979c156a2fcf8364b6a3b94dea | title=Trigoniulus corallinus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841) (accepted name) | publisher=Catalogue of Life| access-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221235702/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d9f155979c156a2fcf8364b6a3b94dea |archive-date=2016-12-21}}</ref> It has also been introduced to Florida,<ref name=Shelley/><ref name=bugguide>{{Cite web |title=Species ''Trigoniulus corallinus'' - Rusty millipede |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/230605/data |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=bugguide.net}}</ref> and as of 2022 is well-distributed throughout South and Central Florida, with limited sightings in the Northeast and Panhandle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Observations (Rusty Millipede) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=34.01688979989112&nelng=-58.53538685192481&place_id=any&quality_grade=research&subview=map&swlat=23.44380607990133&swlng=-89.84642200817481&taxon_id=123010&verifiable=any |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606171227/https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=34.01688979989112&nelng=-58.53538685192481&place_id=any&quality_grade=research&subview=map&swlat=23.44380607990133&swlng=-89.84642200817481&taxon_id=123010&verifiable=any |archive-date=2022-06-06 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}}</ref>
''T. corallinus'' is {{cvt|2-3|in|mm|round=5}} at adult size, and reddish brown in color.<ref name=bugguide/>
These millipedes inhabit moist areas, especially rotten wood, and compost during monsoon season.<ref name="Shelley" /> The genome of ''T. corallinus'' was sequenced in 2015, the first time this has been done for a millipede.<ref name="KennShenChanWong15">{{Cite journal |last=Kenny |first=Nathan J. |last2=Shen |first2=Xin |last3=Chan |first3=Thomas T.H. |last4=Wong |first4=Nicola W.Y. |last5=Chan |first5=Ting Fung |last6=Chu |first6=Ka Hou |last7=Lam |first7=Hon-Ming |last8=Hui |first8=Jerome H.L. |year=2015 |title=Genome of the Rusty Millipede, ''Trigoniulus corallines'', Illuminates Diplopod, Myriapod and Arthropod Evolution |journal=Genome Biology and Evolution |doi=10.1093/gbe/evv070 |pmid=25900922 |pmc=4453065 |name-list-style=amp |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=1280–95}}</ref>
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Category:Millipedes of Asia Category:Animals described in 1842 Category:Spirobolida
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