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Email: graham.mcculloch@otago.ac.nzGraham_McCulloch

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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

Nawaz, M., McConnachie, A. J., & McCulloch, G. A. (2026). Genomics reveals two distinct invasive lineages of Pereskia aculeata Miller in Australia: Implications for biological control. Biological Control, 217, 106043. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2026.106043 Journal - Research Article

Nawaz, M., McCulloch, G. A., Cappadonna, J. K., Brookes, D. R., & Walter, G. H. (2025). How important is the precise matching of provenance in weed biocontrol? A case study with Acacia auriculiformis herbivores. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/eea.70017 Journal - Research Article

Eichert, A., de Almeida, L. H., Du, Y.-Z., Duarte, T., Fochetti, R., Hotaling, S., … McCulloch, G., … Ware, J. (2025). Stonefly systematics: Past, present, and future. Insect Systematics & Diversity, 9(4), 7. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaf026 Journal - Research Other

Fan, A., McCulloch, G. A., & Waters, J. M. (2025). Do freshwater insect assemblages in exotic plantations resemble those from native forest? Evidence from environmental DNA. Restoration Ecology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/rec.70091 Journal - Research Article

McCulloch, G. A., Pohe, S. R., Wilkinson, S. P., Drinan, T. J., & Waters, J. M. (2025). Targeted eDNA metabarcoding reveals new populations of a range-limited stonefly. Ecology & Evolution, 15, e71244. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71244 Journal - Research Article

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