NZ Interceptions or Imported Timber2008-TPFQ-28

Agenda: 09

New Zealand Border and Post-border Interceptions or Imported Timber

1973-2008

(Unofficial report – for TPFQ reference)

Over the period between 1973 and November 2008 current records include 1716 border or post-border interception ‘events’ on sawn timber (lumber) imported into New Zealand. For each interception the information recorded included date (year), wood type (if known), border or post border, country of origin of shipment, organism intercepted, life stage, number found, sex, and viability (dead or alive).

For the purposes of simplicity the intercepted organisms were grouped into the following types for presentation in this paper:

Arthropods / Fungi
Bark Beetles / Fungi (Pathogens)
Wood Borers / Fungi (Saprophytes)
Insect (Isoptera) / Fungi (Basidiomycetes)
Insect (Beetle) / Fungi (Zygomycetes)
Insect (Diptera) / Bacteria
Insect (Hemiptera) / Reptiles (Hitchhikers)
Insect (Hymenoptera) / Seeds (Hitchhikers)
Insect (Lepidoptera) / Snails (Hitchhikers)
Insect (Hitchhikers)
Spiders/Mites (Hitchhikers)

Arthropods and others (excluding fungi)

The table below provides the numbers of organisms intercepted under the arthropod, reptile and seed groups. The ‘hitchhiker’ groups are counted together.

The following are examples of the species or families intercepted in each group:

Bark beetles / Insect (Hymenoptera) / Insect (Diptera)
Hylastes ater / Amblyopone australis / Anisopodidae
Hylurgus ligniperda / Amblyopone saundersi / Bibionidae
Ahasverus advena / Anoplolepis gracilipes / Calliphoridae
Cryptamorpha desjardinsi / Anthidium manicatum / Cecidomyiidae
Oryzaephilus mercator / Camponotus sp. / Chironomidae
Oryzaephilus surinamensis / Cardiocondyla emeryi / Drosophilidae
Pityogenes chalcographus / Cerapachys sp. / Muscidae
Silvanus bidentatus / Formica sp. / Odiniidae
Silvanus lewisi / Hypoponera sp. / Phoridae
Silvanus productus / Iridomyrmex anceps / Scatopsidae
Silvanus unidentatus / Linepithema humile / Sciaridae
Xyleborus affinis / Mesoporera castanea / Stratiomyidae
Monomorium antarcticum / Tipulidae
Wood Borers / Monomorium antipodum
Arhopalus ferus / Monomorium destructor / Insect (Hemiptera)
Arhopalus rusticus / Monomorium floricola / Anthocoridae
Arhopalus tristis / Monomorium pharaonis / Aphididae
Chlorophorus annularis / Ochetellus glaber / Aradoidea
Dinoderus minutus / Odontomachus simillimus / Coccidae
Ernobius mollis / Pachycondyla castanea / Lygaeidae
Heterobostrychus aequalis / Paratrechina longicornis / Miridae
Heterobostrychus brunneus / Paratrechina vaga / Pentatomidae
Lyctus africanus / Pheidole fervens / Phoridae
Lyctus brunneus / Pheidole megacephala / Pseudococcidae
Metriorhynaus rufipennis / Pheidole rugosula / Psyllidae
Minthea rugicollis / Pison spinolae / Reduviidae
Monochamus sp. / Polistes chinensis antennalis
Oemona hirta / Polistes olivaceus / Insect (Lepidoptera)
Phoracantha semipunctata / Rhyssa sp. / Agrotis ipsilon aneituma
Platypus sp. / Rhytidoponera chalybaea / Arcte coerula
Sinoxylon anale / Sceliphron laetum / Barea confusella
Sinoxylon conigerum / Sirex noctilio / Cadra cautella
Stegobium paniceum / Solenopsis geminata / Cebysa leucotelus
Stromatium barbatum / Tapinoma melanocephalum / Dasypodia cymatodes
Tessaromma undatum / Technomyrmex albipes / Graphium sp.
Tricorynus sp. / Tetramorium bicarinatum / Heliothis armigera
Xestobium rufovillosum / Tetramorium grassii / Maruca testulalis
Xylotoles sp. / Tetramorium lanuginosum / Mythimna separata
Xylotrenchus arvicola / Vespula germanica / Opogona aurisquamosa
Zorion castum / Vespula pennsylvanica / Opogona regressa
Vespula vulgaris / Orgyia sp.
Wasmannia auropunctata / Strepsicrates macropetana
Xeris sp. / Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Xylocopa sp.
Insect (Beetle) / Insect (Isoptera) / Spiders/Mites (Hitchhiker)
Anthicidae / Calotermes sp. / Achaearanea tepidariorum
Brentidae / Ceratokalotermes spoliator / Badumna robusta
Bruchidae / Coptotermes acinaciformis / Cryptaranea subcompta
Cantharidae / Cryptotermes brevis / Dolomedes minor
Carabidae / Kalotermes brouni / Dysdera crocata
Chrysomelidae / Porotermes adamsoni / Geckobia keegani
Cleridae / Stolotermes sp. / Heteropoda venatoria
Coccinellidae / Hypoblemum albovittatum
Corticariidae / Insect (Hitchhiker) / Lampona cylindrata
Corylophidae / Argosarchus horridus / Latrodectus hasselti
Cryptophagidae / Blattella germanica / Nuctenea sericata
Cucujoidea / Ctenolepisma lineata / Oecobius annulipes
Curculionidae / Ectopsocus maindroni / Phalangium opilio
Dermestidae / Euborellia annulipes / Steatoda capensis
Elateridae / Forficula auricularia / Trite planiceps
Endomychidae / Frankliniella intonsa
Erotylidae / Gryllodes sigillatus / Reptiles (Hitchhiker)
Histeridae / Labia curvicauda / Antaresia childreni
Hydrophilidae / Lithobius forficatus / Candoia carinata
Lathridiidae / Locusta migratoria / Eulamprus tenuis
Lucanidae / Periplaneta americana / Hemidactylus frenatus
Mycetophagidae / Porcellio scaber
Nitidulidae / Supella longipalpa / Snails (Hitchhiker)
Phalacridae / Achatina fulica
Pselaphidae
Scarabaeidae
Staphylinidae
Tenebrionidae

Fungi and Bacteria

The table below provides the numbers of recorded fungi and bacteria intercepted on sawn timber (lumber) imported into New Zealand.

The following are examples of the species or families intercepted in each fungal group:

Fungi (Pathogens) / Fungi (Saprophytes)
Alternaria alternata / Arthrographis cuboidea
Aureobasidium pullulans var. pullulans / Aspergillus flavus
Botrypshaeria rhodina / Aspergillus niger
Ceratocystis paradoxa / Aspergillus versicolor
Cladosporium cladosporioides / Byssochlamys varioti
Cochlibolus tuberculata / Epicoccum purpurascens
Cylindrocarpon didymum / Fairmaniella leprosa
Cylindrocladiella novaezelandiae / Gliocladium viride
Fusarium semitectum / Gliomastix cerealis
Gibberella avenacea / Hypocrea koningii
Gibberella zeae / Hypocrea lutea
Khuskia oryzae / Hypocrea rufa
Nectria haematococca / Paecilomyces variotii
Neurospora sitophila / Penicillium chrysogenum
Ophiostoma piceae / Penicillium glabrum
Ophiostoma quercus / Phialoarthrobotryum triseptata
Pestalotiopsis versicolor / Sagenomella diversispora
Phoma macrostoma / Trichoderma viride
Phytophthora sp.
Fungi (Zygomycetes)
Fungi (Basidiomycetes) / Mucor sp.
Gloeophyllum abietinum / Rhizopus stolonifer
Polyporus arcularius
Poria sp. / Bacteria
Pycnoporus sanguineus / Erwinia herbicola
Schizophyllum commune
Trametes hirsuta

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