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Scientific papers
Scientific publishing

Journal covers & photographic contributions

Scientific journals and reports where my photography has been used as publication or cover imagery.

New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 38 Issue 4 2011 cover featuring Bryce McQuillan photography
Scientific journal · 2011

New Zealand Journal of Zoology — Trite planiceps cover

Taylor & Francis / Royal Society Te Apārangi

Cover photograph of a male Trite planiceps on Phormium tenax, credited to Bryce McQuillan.

The Wētā Volume 51 July 2017 cover featuring Desis marina photography
Scientific bulletin · 2017

The Wētā — Volume 51

Entomological Society of New Zealand

Cover featuring my marine spider photography associated with the Desis marina publication.

New Zealand Entomologist Volume 36 Issue 2 July 2013 cover
Scientific journal · 2013

New Zealand Entomologist — Volume 36, Issue 2

Taylor & Francis / Entomological Society of New Zealand

Journal cover featuring one of my spider photographs.

New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 40 Issue 4 December 2013 cover
Scientific journal · 2013

New Zealand Journal of Zoology — Volume 40, Issue 4

Taylor & Francis

Cover photography contribution.

New Zealand Entomologist Volume 49 Issue 1 March 2026 cover
Scientific journal · 2026

New Zealand Entomologist — Volume 49, Issue 1

Taylor & Francis / Entomological Society of New Zealand

March 2026 journal cover featuring photography I contributed.

Invertebrate Systematics Volume 27 Issue 6 2013 cover
Scientific journal · 2013

Invertebrate Systematics — Volume 27, Issue 6

CSIRO Publishing

Cover photography contribution.

Department of Conservation New Zealand Threat Classification Series 44 cover
Scientific report · 2024

New Zealand Threat Classification Series 44 — Conservation status of amphibians in Aotearoa New Zealand

Department of Conservation

My Hochstetter’s frog photograph was used on the cover of the 2024 amphibian conservation-status report.

Peer-reviewed research

Papers & research contributions

2011 · New Zealand Journal of Zoology

The black-headed jumping spider, Trite planiceps: redescription including COI and paralogous 28S sequences

Taxonomic redescription and molecular work on one of New Zealand’s best-known jumping spiders.

CJ Vink, N Dupérré & BN McQuillan
My contribution: co-author
Desis marina photographed by Bryce McQuillan
2017 · The Wētā

The marine spider, Desis marina: new observations and localities

Field observations and new locality information for New Zealand’s remarkable intertidal marine spider.

CJ Vink, BN McQuillan, AH Simpson & SM Correa-Garhwal
My contribution: co-author and field observations
Desis marina used to illustrate aquatic spider research
2019 · Scientific Reports

Spidroins and Silk Fibers of Aquatic Spiders

Research characterising silk proteins in aquatic and semi-aquatic spiders, including New Zealand’s Desis marina.

Scientific Reports 9, 13656
My contribution: co-author, field collection and specimens
Female Courtaraneus orientalis in its large orb web
2022 · New Zealand Journal of Zoology

A new genus for a large, endemic orb-weaving spider from New Zealand

The paper establishing Courtaraneus gen. nov. for the endemic orb-weaver Courtaraneus orientalis.

VW Framenau, CJ Vink, BN McQuillan & AH Simpson
My contribution: co-author, field material and photography
Published life images of Salsa fuliginata including photographs by Bryce McQuillan
2022 · ZooKeys

Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa

Taxonomic revision establishing the genus Salsa, including New Zealand records of S. fuliginata.

VW Framenau & P de S Castanheira
My contribution: live photography and New Zealand collection data
Plectophanes sp photographed by Bryce McQuillan
2026 · Cladistics

A revised classification system of the marronoid clade of spiders (Araneae), based on dense sampling phylogenomics and comparative morphology

A major phylogenomic revision of the marronoid spider clade, proposing a revised classification across 18 families.

JO Wolff et al.
My contribution: live macro photography used in multiple figures; acknowledged photographic contributor
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