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Insects 2012, 3, 396-401; doi:10.3390/insects3020396 OPEN ACCESS insects ISSN 2075-4450 /journal/insects/ Article Termite-Susceptible Species of Wood for Inclusion as a Reference in Indonesian Standardized Laboratory Testing Arinana 1,*, Kunio Tsunoda 2,†, Elis N. Herliyana 1 and Yusuf S. Hadi 1 1 Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16680, West Java, Indonesia; E-Mails: elisherliana@ (E.N.H); yshadi@.id (Y.S.H) 2 Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji 611-0011 Kyoto, Japan † Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Kunio Tsunoda. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: arinanaiskandaria@yahoo.co.id; Tel./Fax: +62-251-8621-285. Received: 17 February 2012; in revised form: 24 February 2012 / Accepted: 19 March 2012 / Published: 28 March 2012 Abstract: Standardized laboratory testing of wood and wood-based products against subterranean termites in Indonesia (SNI 01.7207-2006) (SNI) has no requirement for the inclusion of a comparative reference species of wood (reference control). This is considered a weakness of the Indonesian standard. Consequently, a study was undertaken to identify a suitable Indonesian species of community wood that could be used as a reference control. Four candidate species of community woods: Acacia mangium , Hevea brasiliensis, Paraserianthes falcataria and Pinus merkusii were selected for testing their susceptibility to feeding by Coptotermes formosanus. Two testing methods (SNI and the Japanese standard method J