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Aethina tumida Murray, 1867

small hive beetle.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.
Present
  • Control / Keeping categories
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C1 - Exclusion / Prohibited

Organisms which should be excluded from part or all of Western Australia.
  • (Except Areas under C3 Management)
  • Greater Geraldton (C),
  • Broomehill-Tambellup (S),
  • York (S),
  • Yilgarn (S),
  • Yalgoo (S),
  • Wyalkatchem (S),
  • Woodanilling (S),
  • Wongan-Ballidu (S),
  • Wiluna (S),
  • Williams (S),
  • Wickepin (S),
  • Westonia (S),
  • West Arthur (S),
  • Waroona (S),
  • Wanneroo (S),
  • Wandering (S),
  • Wagin (S),
  • Vincent (T),
  • Victoria Plains (S),
  • Victoria Park (T),
  • Upper Gascoyne (S),
  • Trayning (S),
  • Toodyay (S),
  • Three Springs (S),
  • Tammin (S),
  • Swan (S),
  • Subiaco (C),
  • Stirling (C),
  • South Perth (C),
  • Shark Bay (S),
  • Serpentine-Jarrahdale (S),
  • Sandstone (S),
  • Roebourne (S),
  • Rockingham (C),
  • Ravensthorpe (S),
  • Quairading (S),
  • Port Hedland (T),
  • Plantagenet (S),
  • Pingelly (S),
  • Perth (C),
  • Perenjori (S),
  • Peppermint Grove (S),
  • Nungarin (S),
  • Northampton (S),
  • Northam (S),
  • Ngaanyatjarraku (S),
  • Nedlands (C),
  • Narrogin (T),
  • Narrogin (S),
  • Narembeen (S),
  • Nannup (S),
  • Murray (S),
  • Murchison (S),
  • Mundaring (S),
  • Mukinbudin (S),
  • Mount Marshall (S),
  • Mount Magnet (S),
  • Mosman Park (T),
  • Morawa (S),
  • Moora (S),
  • Mingenew (S),
  • Merredin (S),
  • Menzies (S),
  • Melville (C),
  • Meekatharra (S),
  • Manjimup (S),
  • Mandurah (C),
  • Leonora (S),
  • Laverton (S),
  • Lake Grace (S),
  • Kwinana (T),
  • Kulin (S),
  • Koorda (S),
  • Kondinin (S),
  • Kojonup (S),
  • Kent (S),
  • Kellerberrin (S),
  • Katanning (S),
  • Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C),
  • Kalamunda (S),
  • Joondalup (C),
  • Jerramungup (S),
  • Irwin (S),
  • Harvey (S),
  • Gosnells (C),
  • Goomalling (S),
  • Gnowangerup (S),
  • Gingin (S),
  • Fremantle (C),
  • Exmouth (S),
  • Esperance (S),
  • East Pilbara (S),
  • East Fremantle (T),
  • Dundas (S),
  • Dumbleyung (S),
  • Dowerin (S),
  • Donnybrook-Balingup (S),
  • Denmark (S),
  • Dardanup (S),
  • Dandaragan (S),
  • Dalwallinu (S),
  • Cunderdin (S),
  • Cue (S),
  • Cuballing (S),
  • Cranbrook (S),
  • Cottesloe (T),
  • Corrigin (S),
  • Coorow (S),
  • Coolgardie (S),
  • Collie (S),
  • Cockburn (C),
  • Claremont (T),
  • Chittering (S),
  • Chapman Valley (S),
  • Carnarvon (S),
  • Carnamah (S),
  • Capel (S),
  • Canning (C),
  • Cambridge (T),
  • Busselton (S),
  • Bunbury (C),
  • Bruce Rock (S),
  • Brookton (S),
  • Bridgetown-Greenbushes (S),
  • Boyup Brook (S),
  • Boddington (S),
  • Beverley (S),
  • Belmont (C),
  • Bayswater (C),
  • Bassendean (T),
  • Augusta-Margaret River (S),
  • Ashburton (S),
  • Armadale (C),
  • Albany (C).

C3 - Management / Prohibited

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.
  • Applicable area(s):
  • Halls Creek (S),
  • Derby-West Kimberley (S),
  • Broome (S),
  • Wyndham-East Kimberley (S).

Further action

  • View Import Requirements [1]
  • Read BAM Act 2007 [2]
  • Contact Biosecurity [3]

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia [4]
Phylum:Arthropoda [5]
Class:Insecta [6]
Order:Coleoptera [7]
Family:Nitidulidae [8]
Genus:Aethina [9]
Species:tumida [10]

Author(s):

Murray, 1867

See also

  • Western Australian Government Gazette No. 28, 20 February 2015 [11]

Navigation

Return to organism search results [12]
Biosecurity and agriculture management homepage [13]

Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=1
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Arthropoda
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Insecta
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Coleoptera
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Nitidulidae
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Aethina
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=tumida
[11] http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf/searchgazette/AFE352F70955E38F48257DF1001CFBEF/$file/gg028.pdf
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&amp%3Bamp%3Bregion=132%2C1&amp%3Bregion=7&region=64%2C59%2C103%2C112%2C91&control=C3&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

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