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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

Hema, K., McCulloch, G. A., & Waters, J. M. (2026). Alpine adaptation drives rapid colour evolution in a Batesian mimic. Biology Letters, 22, 20260052. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2026.0052 Journal - Research Article

Iwikau, A., Augspurger, J., Bailie, M. A., McCulloch, G. A., Mohammadi Darestani, M., King, T. M., Closs, G. P., Ingram, T., Lokman, P. M., … Burridge, C. P., Dutoit, L., & Waters, J. M. (2026). Migratory jackpot individuals fuel rapid ecotype shifts in Galaxias fishes. Nature Communications. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-74946-5 Journal - Research Article

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

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