The Geographic Origin of an Intercepted Biosecurity Pest Beetle Assigned Using Hydrogen Stable Isotopes

Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a forest pest that does not occur in Australia. In February 2010, the container ship Tatiana Schulte, en route from New Zealand, was refused permission to enter Australia following the discovery of numerous A. ferus aboard. The place where the...

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Published inJournal of economic entomology Vol. 108; no. 2; pp. 834 - 837
Main Authors Holder, Peter W, Frew, Russell, Hale, Robert Van
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Entomological Society of America 01.04.2015
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Animals
Arhopalus
Arhopalus ferus
beetle
Beetles
Biosecurity
Coleoptera
Coleoptera - chemistry
forest pests
hydrogen
Hydrogen - analysis
Hydrogen isotopes
Infestation
Introduced Species
isotope
Isotopes
Isotopes - analysis
Pests
provenance
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Stable isotopes
wings
New Zealand
Australia
biosecurity
beetle
provenance
isotope
Arhopalus ferus
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Summary:Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a forest pest that does not occur in Australia. In February 2010, the container ship Tatiana Schulte, en route from New Zealand, was refused permission to enter Australia following the discovery of numerous A. ferus aboard. The place where the infestation occurred was unknown, representing an uncontrolled biosecurity-risk pathway. Hydrogen isotope analysis of the beetles' wings showed that the infestation most likely originated from Auckland, New Zealand.
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ISSN:0022-0493
1938-291X
DOI:10.1093/jee/tou097