Email graham.wallis@otago.ac.nz
Phone 64-3-479-7980
Research interests
- Population genetics
- Molecular evolution
- Molecular systematics and biogeography of endemic species
- Genetics of hybrid zones
Current projects
- Adaptive evolution of a zona pellucida-region gene in galaxiid fishes
- The evolution of melanism in NZ alpine weta, Hemideina maori
- Phylogeography of NZ endemic fishes and insects
- Genetic analysis of hybridisation in European newts
Current/recent postdocs
- Lise Wallis Comparative transcriptomics of migratory and stream-resident galaxiid fishes (Marsden-funded)
- Smita Apte Phylogeography and population genetic structuring of koura (Paranephrops spp.) (FoRST-funded)
- Jon Waters Molecular systematics of New Zealand galaxiid fish: speciation and biogeography (Marsden-funded)
- Steven Trewick New Zealand phylogeography: evidence from spatio-temporal congruence of invertebrate endemism and diversity (FoRST-funded)
- Mary Morgan-Richards Speciation, intergradation or hybrid zones? Comparing contact zones between chromosomal races of the Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica) (Marsden-funded)
Current/recent graduate students
- Keith King (PhD): Phylogeography and the evolution of melanism in the alpine weta, Hemideina maori
- David Winter (PhD): Phylogeography of Pacific landsnails
- Graham McCulloch (PhD): Evolutionary genetics of southern stoneflies
- Shan Crow (PhD): Evolutionary ecology of southern galaxiid fishes
- Renate Sponer (PhD): World-wide phylogeography of the brooding brittle star Amphipholis squamata
- Yuzine bin Esa (MSc): Genetic analysis of hybridisation in New Zealand galaxiid fish
- Debbie Steel (MSc): Population genetics of the sea snake star Astrobrachion constrictum in Fiordland
Other links
Keywords
- evolutionary genetics, systematics, hybridisation, phylogeography
Publications
Wallis, G. P., & Jorge, F. (2018). Going under down under? Lineage ages argue for extensive survival of the Oligocene marine transgression on Zealandia. Molecular Ecology, 27(22), 4368-4396. doi: 10.1111/mec.14875 Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., Cameron-Christie, S. R., Kennedy, H. L., Palmer, G., Sanders, T. R., & Winter, D. J. (2017). Interspecific hybridization causes long-term phylogenetic discordance between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in freshwater fishes. Molecular Ecology, 26(12), 3116-3127. doi: 10.1111/mec.14096 Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., Waters, J. M., Upton, P., & Craw, D. (2016). Transverse alpine speciation driven by glaciation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(12), 916-926. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.08.009 Journal - Research Article
Wallis, L. J., & Wallis, G. P. (2011). Extreme positive selection on a new highly-expressed larval glycoprotein (LGP) gene in Galaxias fishes (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae). Molecular Biology & Evolution, 28(1), 399-406. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq208 Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Rowe, D. L., Burridge, C. P., & Wallis, G. P. (2010). Gene trees versus species trees: Reassessing life-history evolution in a freshwater fish radiation. Systematic Biology, 59(5), 504-517. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syq031 Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., & Trewick, S. A. (2009). New Zealand phylogeography: Evolution on a small continent [Invited review]. Molecular Ecology, 18(17), 3548-3580. Journal - Research Article
Arntzen, J. W., Jehle, R., Bardakci, F., Burke, T., & Wallis, G. P. (2009). Asymmetric viability of reciprocal-cross hybrids between crested and marbled newts (Triturus cristatus and T. marmoratus). Evolution, 63(5), 1191-1202. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00611.x Journal - Research Article
Paterson, A. M., Wallis, G. P., Wallis, L. J., & Gray, R. D. (2000). Seabird and louse coevolution: Complex histories revealed by 12S rRNA sequences and reconciliation analyses. Systematic Biology, 49(3), 383-399. Journal - Research Article
Apte, S., Smith, P. J., & Wallis, G. P. (2007). Mitochondrial phylogeography of New Zealand freshwater crayfishes, Paranephrops spp. Molecular Ecology, 16(9), 1897-1908. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Cladogenesis and loss of the marine life-history phase in freshwater galaxiid fishes (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae). Evolution, 55(3), 587-597. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Craw, D., Youngson, J. H., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Genes meet geology: Fish phylogeographic pattern reflects ancient, rather than modern, drainage connections. Evolution, 55(9), 1844-1851. Journal - Research Article
Trewick, S. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Bridging the "beech-gap": New Zealand invertebrate phylogeography implicates Pleistocene glaciation and Pliocene isolation. Evolution, 55, 2170-2180. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Dijkstra, L. H., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Biogeography of a southern hemisphere freshwater fish: How important is marine dispersal? Molecular Ecology, 9, 1815-1821. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Rowe, D. L., Apte, S., King, T. M., Wallis, G. P., Anderson, L., Norris, R. J., Craw, D., & Burridge, C. P. (2007). Geological dates and molecular rates: Rapid divergence of rivers and their biotas. Systematic Biology, 56(2), 271-282. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Saruwatari, T., Kobayashi, T., Oohara, I., McDowall, R. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2002). Phylogenetic placement of retropinnid fishes: Data set incongruence can be reduced using asymmetric character state transformation costs. Systematic Biology, 51, 432-449. Journal - Research Article
Grueber, C. E., Wallis, G. P., & Jamieson, I. G. (2014). Episodic positive selection in the evolution of avian toll-like receptor innate immunity genes. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e89632. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089632 Journal - Research Article
Morgan-Richards, M., & Wallis, G. P. (2003). A comparison of five hybrid zones of the weta Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): Degree of cytogenetic differentiation fails to predict zone width. Evolution, 57(4), 849-861. Journal - Research Article
Craw, D., Upton, P., Burridge, C. P., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2016). Rapid biological speciation driven by tectonic evolution in New Zealand. Nature Geoscience, 9, 140-144. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2618 Journal - Research Article
McCulloch, G. A., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2010). Onset of glaciation drove simultaneous vicariant isolation of alpine insects in New Zealand. Evolution, 64(7), 2033-2043. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00980.x Journal - Research Article
McCulloch, G. A., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2009). Do insects lose flight before they lose their wings? Population genetic structure in subalpine stoneflies. Molecular Ecology, 18(19), 4073-4087. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04337.x Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Lopez, J. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of galaxiid fishes (Osteichthyes: Galaxiidae): Dispersal, vicariance, and the position of Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. Systematic Biology, 49, 777-795. Journal - Research Article
Arntzen, J. W., Wielstra, B., & Wallis, G. P. (2014). The modality of nine Triturus newt hybrid zones assessed with nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113(2), 604-622. doi: 10.1111/bij.12358 Journal - Research Article
Paterson, A. M., Wallis, G. P., & Gray, R. D. (1995). Penguins, petrels, and parsimony: does cladistic analysis of behavior reflect seabird phylogeny? Evolution, 49, 974-989. Journal - Research Article
Taylor, S. S., Jamieson, I. G., & Wallis, G. P. (2007). Historic and contemporary levels of genetic variation in two New Zealand passerines with different histories of decline. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(5), 2035-2047. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Trewick, S. A., Paterson, A. M., Spencer, H. G., Kennedy, M., Craw, D., Burridge, C. P., & Wallis, G. P. (2013). Biogeography off the tracks. Systematic Biology, 62(3), 494-498. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syt013 Journal - Research Article
Allibone, R. M., Crowl, T. A., Holmes, J. M., King, T. A., McDowall, R. M., Townsend, C. R., & Wallis, G. P. (1996). Isozyme analysis of Galaxias species (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) from the Taieri River, South Island, New Zealand: a species complex revealed. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 57, 107-127. Journal - Research Article
Grueber, C. E., Wallis, G. P., & Jamieson, I. G. (2008). Heterozygosity-fitness correlations and their relevance to studies on inbreeding depression in threatened species. Molecular Ecology, 17(18), 3978-3984. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03910.x Journal - Research Article
Grueber, C. E., Wallis, G. P., & Jamieson, I. G. (2013). Genetic drift outweighs natural selection at toll-like receptor (TLR) immunity loci in a re-introduced population of a threatened species. Molecular Ecology, 22(17), 4470-4482. doi: 10.1111/mec.12404 Journal - Research Article
Trewick, S. A., Wallis, G. P., & Morgan-Richards, M. (2000). Phylogeographical pattern correlates with Pliocene mountain building in the alpine scree weta (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae). Molecular Ecology, 9, 657-666. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Allibone, R. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2006). Geological subsidence, river capture, and cladogenesis of galaxiid fish lineages in central New Zealand. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 88(3), 367-376. Journal - Research Article
Morgan-Richards, M., Smissen, R. D., Shepherd, L. D., Wallis, G. P., Hayward, J. J., Chan, C.-H., … Chapman, H. M. (2009). A review of genetic analyses of hybridisation in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 39(1), 15-34. doi: 10.1080/03014220909510561 Journal - Research Article
Jamieson, I. G., Wallis, G. P., & Briskie, J. V. (2006). Inbreeding and endangered species management: Is New Zealand out of step with the rest of the world? Conservation Biology, 20(1), 38-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00282.x Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Wallis, G. P., Burridge, C. P., & Craw, D. (2015). Geology shapes biogeography: Quaternary river-capture explains New Zealand's biologically 'composite' Taieri River. Quaternary Science Reviews, 120, 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.023 Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., & Wallis, L. J. (2014). A preliminary transcriptomic study of galaxiid fishes reveals a larval glycoprotein gene under strong positive selection. In P. Pontarotti (Ed.), Evolutionary biology: Genome evolution, speciation, coevolution and origin of life. (pp. 47-68). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07623-2_3 Chapter in Book - Research
Paterson, A. M., Wallis, G. P., Kennedy, M., & Gray, R. D. (2014). Behavioural evolution in penguins does not reflect phylogeny. Cladistics, 30(3), 243-259. doi: 10.1111/cla.12040 Journal - Research Article
Grueber, C. E., Wallis, G. P., King, T. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2012). Variation at innate immunity toll-like receptor genes in a bottlenecked population of a New Zealand robin. PLoS ONE, 7(9), e45011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045011 Journal - Research Article
McCulloch, G. A., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2017). Does wing size shape insect biogeography? Evidence from a diverse regional stonefly assemblage. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 26(1), 93-101. doi: 10.1111/geb.12529 Journal - Research Article
McCulloch, G. A., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2016). A time-calibrated phylogeny of southern hemisphere stoneflies: Testing for Gondwanan origins. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 96, 150-160. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.028 Journal - Research Article
Craw, D., Craw, L., Burridge, C. P., Wallis, G. P., & Waters, J. M. (2016). Evolution of the Taieri River catchment, East Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 59(2), 257-273. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2015.1126621 Journal - Research Article
Arntzen, J. W., King, T. M., Denoël, M., Martínez-Solano, I., & Wallis, G. P. (2016). Provenance of Ichthyosaura alpestris (Caudata: Salamandridae) introductions to France and New Zealand assessed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Herpetological Journal, 26(1), 49-56. Journal - Research Article
Steel, D. J., Stewart, B. G., Trewick, S. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2015). Fiord populations of Astrobrachion constrictum (Ophiuroidea: Asteroschematidae) show little genetic differentiation for mitochondrial DNA. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 42(3), 165-172. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2015.1059863 Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Craw, D., Burridge, C. P., Kennedy, M., King, T. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2015). Within-river genetic connectivity patterns reflect contrasting geomorphology. Journal of Biogeography, 42(12), 2452-2460. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12608 Journal - Research Article
Nelson, N. J., Briskie, J. V., Constantine, R., Monks, J., Wallis, G. P., Watts, C., & Wotton, D. M. (2019). The winners: Species that have benefited from 30 years of conservation action. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(3), 281-300. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2018.1518249 Journal - Research Article
Craw, D., Upton, P., Waters, J., & Wallis, G. (2017). Biological memory of the first Pleistocene glaciation in New Zealand. Geology, 45(7), 595-598. doi: 10.1130/G39115.1 Journal - Research Article
Augspurger, J., Jarvis, M., Ingram, T., Wallis, G., & Closs, G. (2017). Genetic and ecological population structuring among and between landlocked and diadromous populations of a facultatively amphidromous fish. Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Symposium of the International Society for River Science (ISRS): Integrating Multiple Aquatic Values. (pp. 61). Retrieved from http://imav2017.com/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Alavi-Yeganeh, M. S., Keivany, Y., Seyfabadi, J., Kazemi, B., & Wallis, G. P. (2014). Taxonomic validity and phylogenetic relationships of a newly-described tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Zootaxa, 3780(3), 594-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.11 Journal - Research Article
Alavi-Yeganeh, M. S., Seyfabadi, S. J., Keivany, Y., Kazemi, B., & Wallis, G. P. (2011). Length-weight relationships in some populations and species of Iranian toothcarps. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27(6), 1401-1403. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01782.x Journal - Research Article
Tracy, L. N., Wallis, G. P., Efford, M. G., & Jamieson, I. G. (2011). Preserving genetic diversity in threatened species reintroductions: How many individuals should be released? Animal Conservation, 14(4), 439-446. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00448.x Journal - Research Article
Trewick, S. A., Wallis, G. P., & Morgan-Richards, M. (2011). The invertebrate life of New Zealand: A phylogeographic approach. Insects, 2(3), 297-325. doi: 10.3390/insects2030297 Journal - Research Article
Crow, S. K., Closs, G. P., Waters, J. M., Booker, D. J., & Wallis, G. P. (2010). Niche partitioning and the effect of interspecific competition on microhabitat use by two sympatric galaxiid stream fishes. Freshwater Biology, 55(5), 967-982. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02330.x Journal - Research Article
Crow, S. K., Waters, J. M., Closs, G. P., & Wallis, G. P. (2009). Morphological and genetic analysis of Galaxias 'southern' and G. gollumoides: Interspecific differentiation and intraspecific structuring. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 39(2), 43-62. doi: 10.1080/03014220909510563 Journal - Research Article
King, T. M., Kennedy, M., & Wallis, G. P. (2003). Phylogeographic genetic analysis of the alpine weta, Hemideina maori: Evolution of a colour polymorphism and origins of a hybrid zone. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 33(4), 715-729. Journal - Research Article
King, K. J., Young, K. D., Waters, J. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2003). Preliminary genetic analysis of koaro (Galaxias brevipinnis) in New Zealand lakes: Evidence for allopatric differentiation among lakes but little population subdivision within lakes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 33(3), 591-600. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517747 Journal - Research Article
Morgan-Richards, M., Trewick, S. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Chromosome races with Pliocene origins: Evidence from mtDNA. Heredity, 86, 303-312. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., & Trewick, S. A. (2001). Finding fault with vicariance: A critique of Heads (1998). Systematic Biology, 50(4), 602-609. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Esa, Y. B., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Genetic and morphological evidence for reproductive isolation between sympatric populations of Galaxias (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in South Island, New Zealand. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73, 287-298. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., Judge, K. F., Bland, J., Waters, J. M., & Berra, T. M. (2001). Genetic diversity in New Zealand Galaxias vulgaris sensu lato (Teleostei: Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae): A test of a biogeographic hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography, 28, 59-67. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA phylogenetics of the Galaxias vulgaris complex from South Island, New Zealand: Rapid radiation of a species flock. Journal of Fish Biology, 58, 1166-1180. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P. (2001). Mitochondrial recombination or coevolution of sites? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 15, 470-471. Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Wallis, G. P. (2001). Taxonomic status of the chafer beetles Prodontria modesta and P. bicolorata. Department of Conservation Science Internal Series, 10, 1-13. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Across the Southern Alps by river capture? Freshwater fish phylogeography in South Island, New Zealand. Molecular Ecology, 9, 1577-1582. Journal - Research Article
Morgan-Richards, M., Trewick, S. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Characterization of a hybrid zone between two chromosomal races of the weta Hemideina thoracica following a geologically recent volcanic eruption. Heredity, 85, 586-592. Journal - Research Article
Steel, D., Trewick, S. A., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Heteroplasmy of mitochondrial DNA in the ophiuroid Astrobrachion constrictum. Journal of Heredity, 91, 146-149. Journal - Research Article
Esa, Y. B., Waters, J. M., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Introgressive hybridization between Galaxias depressiceps and Galaxias sp D (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in Otago, New Zealand: Secondary contact mediated by water races. Conservation Genetics, 1, 329-339. Journal - Research Article
Paterson, A. M., Wallis, L. J., & Wallis, G. P. (2000). Preliminary molecular analysis of Pelecanoides georgicus (Procellariiformes: Pelecanoididae) on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island): Implications for its taxonomic status. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 27, 415-423. Journal - Research Article
Waters, J. M., Esa, Y. B., & Wallis, G. P. (1999). Characterization of microsatellite loci from a New Zealand freshwater fish (Galaxias vulgaris) and their potential for analysis of hybridization in Galaxiidae. Molecular Ecology, 8, 1080-1082. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P. (1999). Do animal mitochondrial genomes recombine? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 14(6), 209-210. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P. (1999). Genetic status of New Zealand black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) and impact of hybridisation. Conservation Advisory Science Notes, 239, 1-22. Journal - Research Article
Arntzen, J. W., & Wallis, G. P. (1999). Geographic variation and taxonomy of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): morphological and mitochondrial DNA data. Contributions to Zoology, 68(3), 181-203. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P., Allibone, R. M., Youngson, J., Arbuckle, C. J., & Craw, D. (1998). Biogeography of galaxiid fish from the Taieri: Genes meet Geology. Symposium on Research in the Taieri Catchment. 1, (pp. 47-48). Ecology Research Group, University of Otago, Occasional Paper. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
King, T. M., Hanotte, O., Burke, T., & Wallis, G. P. (1998). Characterization of four microsatellite loci in tree weta (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): their potential usefulness for the study of Hemideina. Molecular Ecology, 7, 663-664. Journal - Research Article
King, T. M., & Wallis, G. P. (1998). Fine-scale genetic structuring in endemic galaxiid fish populations of the Taieri River. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 25, 17-22. Journal - Research Article
Morgan-Richards, M., & Wallis, G. P. (1998). Genetic structure of the Auckland tree weta and the Pliocene archipelago of Northland. In R. A. Cooper & C. M. Jones (Eds.), Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 97, (pp. 55-58). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Emerson, B. C., Wallis, G. P., & Patrick, B. H. (1997). Biogeographic area relationships in southern New Zealand: a cladistic analysis of Lepidoptera distributions. Journal of Biogeography, 24(1), 89-99. Journal - Research Article
Garrett, F. K., Mladenov, P. V., & Wallis, G. P. (1997). Evidence of amictic reproduction in the brittle-star Ophiomyxa brevirima. Marine Biology, 129(1), 169-174. Journal - Research Article
Mladenov, P. V., Allibone, R. M., & Wallis, G. P. (1997). Genetic differentiation in the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 31(2), 261-269. Journal - Research Article
Power, M. E., Carolsfield, J., Wallis, G. P., & Sherwood, N. M. (1997). Isolation and characterization of a cDNA for gonadotropin II-Beta of Pacific herring, an ancient teleost. Journal of Fish Biology, 50(2), 315-323. Journal - Research Article
Arntzen, J. W., Bugter, R. J. F., Cogalniceanu, D., & Wallis, G. P. (1997). The distribution and conservation status of the Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus). Amphibia-Reptilia, 18, 133-142. Journal - Research Article
Wallis, G. P. (1997). Whither Ecology? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 12, 446. Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
McDowall, R. M., & Wallis, G. P. (1996). Description and redescription of Galaxias species (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) from Otago and Southland. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 26, 401-427. Journal - Research Article
King, T. M., Wallis, G. P., Hamilton, S. A., & Fraser, J. R. (1996). Identification of a hybrid zone between distinctive colour variants of the alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) on the Rock and Pillar range, southern New Zealand. Molecular Ecology, 5(4), 583-587. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1996.00118.x Journal - Research Article
Emerson, B. C., & Wallis, G. P. (1995). Phylogenetic relationships of the Prodontria (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae: subfamily Melolonthinae), derived from sequence variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 4, 433-447. Journal - Research Article