Email: graham.mcculloch@otago.ac.nz
Research Interests
- Biogeography of endemic insects
- Molecular systematics
- Macroecology
- Evolutionary genetics/genomics
- Biological control
Current Postdoctoral project
Has deforestation reshaped our endemic insect fauna? Testing the evolutionary impacts of lowered treelines (Marsden Fast Start; Royal Society of New Zealand)
Publications
Foster, B. J., McCulloch, G. A., Foster, Y., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., & Waters, J. M. (2023). ebony underpins Batesian mimicry in melanic stoneflies. Molecular Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mec.17085
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Gurdasani, K., Makinson, J. R., Purcell, M. F., Walter, G., & McCulloch, G. A. (2023). Genetic structure and host associations of the noctuid moth Callopistria exotica, a potential biological control agent for Lygodium microphyllum. Biocontrol Science & Technology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2023.2217676
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McCulloch, G. A., Gurdasani, K., Hereward, J. P., Morin, L., Walter, G. H., & Raghu, S. (2023). Invasion history of Lycium ferocissimum in Australia: The impact of admixture on genetic diversity and differentiation. Diversity & Distributions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13702
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Dutoit, L., & McCulloch, G. A. (2023). Fun in facets: A flexible new tool for population genomics in R. Molecular Ecology Resources. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13773
Journal - Research Other
McCulloch, G. A., Foster, B. J., Dutoit, L., & Waters, J. M. (2022). Repeated alpine flight loss within the widespread New Zealand stonefly Nesoperla fulvescens hare (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Insect Systematics & Diversity, 6(6), 1. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixac027
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Foster, B. J., McCulloch, G. A., Foster, Y., Kroos, G. C., King, T. M., & Waters, J. M. (2023). ebony underpins Batesian mimicry in melanic stoneflies. Molecular Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mec.17085
Journal - Research Article
Gurdasani, K., Makinson, J. R., Purcell, M. F., Walter, G., & McCulloch, G. A. (2023). Genetic structure and host associations of the noctuid moth Callopistria exotica, a potential biological control agent for Lygodium microphyllum. Biocontrol Science & Technology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2023.2217676
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McCulloch, G. A., Gurdasani, K., Hereward, J. P., Morin, L., Walter, G. H., & Raghu, S. (2023). Invasion history of Lycium ferocissimum in Australia: The impact of admixture on genetic diversity and differentiation. Diversity & Distributions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13702
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McCulloch, G. A., Daglish, G. J., & Walter, G. H. (2022). Two grain beetle species, one resource, different patterns of genetic structure: Implications for management. Journal of Pest Science, 95, 959-969. doi: 10.1007/s10340-021-01430-y
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McCulloch, G. A., Dutoit, L., Craw, D., Kroos, G. C., & Waters, J. M. (2022). Genomics reveals exceptional phylogenetic diversity within a narrow-range flightless insect. Insect Systematics & Diversity, 6(2), 5. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixac009
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McCulloch, G. A., Foster, B. J., Dutoit, L., & Waters, J. M. (2022). Repeated alpine flight loss within the widespread New Zealand stonefly Nesoperla fulvescens hare (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Insect Systematics & Diversity, 6(6), 1. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixac027
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McCulloch, G. A., Makinson, J. R., Purcell, M. F., Raghu, S., & Walter, G. H. (2022). A prospective and iterative approach to finding safe weed biological control agents: Testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses with molecular evidence. Biological Control, 169, 104887. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104887
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Nawaz, M., Brookes, D. R., McCulloch, G. A., & Walter, G. H. (2022). Significant genetic structure in Macrobathra moths feeding on Acacia auriculiformis: Implications for prioritising biological control agents. Biological Control, 172, 104969. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104969
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Neupert, S., McCulloch, G. A., Foster, B. J., Waters, J. M., & Szyszka, P. (2022). Reduced olfactory acuity in recently flightless insects suggests rapid regressive evolution. BMC Ecology & Evolution, 22, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12862-022-02005-w
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Sabtharishi, S., Rajan Thangaraj, S., McCulloch, G. A., Chandel, R. K., Singh, S. K., & Subbarayalu, M. (2022). Contrasting prevalence of Wolbachia infection across three key stored product beetles in India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 42, 3175-3183. doi: 10.1007/s42690-022-00877-5
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Comben, D. F., McCulloch, G. A., Dhileepan, K., & Walter, G. H. (2021). Genetic identity of Australian prickly acacia (Vachellia nilotica, Fabales: Mimosoideae): Assessing the target for biological control. Biological Control, 155, 104540. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104540
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Foster, B. J., McCulloch, G. A., Vogel, M. F. S., Ingram, T., & Waters, J. M. (2021). Anthropogenic evolution in an insect wing polymorphism following widespread deforestation. Biology Letters, 17, 20210069. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0069
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Kroos, G. C., Waters, J. M., & McCulloch, G. A. (2021). Does assortative mating contribute to reproductive isolation among sympatric ecotypes of the wing-dimorphic stonefly Zelandoperla fenestrata (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)? Austral Entomology, 60, 571-577. doi: 10.1111/aen.12553
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McCulloch, G. A., Foster, B. J., Dutoit, L., Harrop, T. W. R., Guhlin, J., Dearden, P. K., & Waters, J. M. (2021). Genomics reveals widespread ecological speciation in flightless insects. Systematic Biology, 70(5), 863-876. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa094
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McCulloch, G. A., Guhlin, J., Dutoit, L., Harrop, T. W. R., Dearden, P. K., & Waters, J. M. (2021). Genomic signatures of parallel alpine adaptation in recently-evolved flightless insects. Molecular Ecology, 30, 6677-6686. doi: 10.1111/mec.16204
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McCulloch, G. A., Madeira, P. T., Makinson, J. R., Dutoit, L., Blair, Z., Walter, G. H., … Purcell, M. F. (2021). Phylogenomics resolves the invasion history of Acacia auriculiformis in Florida. Journal of Biogeography, 48, 453-464. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14013
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Nawaz, M., McCulloch, G. A., Brookes, D. R., Zonneveld, R., & Walter, G. H. (2021). Native range surveys for host-specific Acacia auriculiformis biocontrol agents: A role for DNA barcoding. Biological Control, 158, 104594. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104594
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Purcell, M. F., Brown, B. T., Harms, N. E., Sun-Hee, H., & McCulloch, G. A. (2021). Biology and preliminary host range of a Korean leaf-mining Hydrellia sp. (Diptera: Ephydridae) rejected as a potential biological control agent for monoecious Hydrilla verticillata in the United States. Biocontrol Science & Technology, 31(4), 343-356. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2020.1853051
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Thomas, L. J., Liggins, L., Banks, S. C., Beheregaray, L. B., Liddy, M., McCulloch, G. A., Waters, J. M., … Cumming, R. A., & Lamare, M. D. (2021). The population genetic structure of the urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in New Zealand with links to Australia. Marine Biology, 168, 138. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03946-4
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Comben, D. F., McCulloch, G. A., Brown, G. K., & Walter, G. H. (2020). Phylogenetic placement and the timing of diversification in Australia's endemic Vachellia (Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid Clade, Fabaceae) species. Australian Systematic Botany, 33(1), 103-109. doi: 10.1071/sb19013
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Daglish, G. J., Jagadeesan, R., Nayak, M. K., McCulloch, G. A., Singarayan, V. T., & Walter, G. H. (2020). The gene introgression approach and the potential cost of genes that confer strong phosphine resistance in red flour beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 113(3), 1547-1554. doi: 10.1093/jee/toaa033
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Donald, K. M., McCulloch, G. A., Dutoit, L., & Spencer, H. G. (2020). Population structure of the New Zealand whelk, Cominella glandiformis (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), suggests sporadic dispersal of a direct developer. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130, 49-60. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa033
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McCulloch, G. A., Gurdasani, K., Kocak, E., Daglish, G. J., & Walter, G. H. (2020). Significant population genetic structuring in Rhyzopertha dominica across Turkey: Biogeographic and practical implications. Journal of Stored Products Research, 85, 101536. doi: 10.1016/j.jspr.2019.101536
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McCulloch, G. A., Mauda, E. V., Chari, L. D., Martin, G. D., Gurdasani, K., Morin, L., … Raghu, S. (2020). Genetic diversity and morphological variation in African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum): Characterising the target weed for biological control. Biological Control, 143, 104206. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104206
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Craw, D., King, T. M., McCulloch, G. A., Upton, P., & Waters, J. M. (2019). Biological evidence constraining river drainage evolution across a subduction-transcurrent plate boundary transition, New Zealand. Geomorphology, 336, 119-132. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.03.032
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