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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-15 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007772b.htm person McQuillan Peter B. AACR2 Entomologist Conservationist Invertebrate zoologist Peter McQuillan is an entomologist and conservationist whose principal interest is moths and butterflies, but whose research has covered a wide range of invertebrates. Having completed his degree in agricultural entomology from the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, he moved to Tasmania to join the Department of Agriculture. His work for the Department focused on pasture pests such as legume aphids, cockchafers and corbies. In 1992 he joined the University of Tasmania. McQuillan is committed to understanding and conserving the Tasmanian wilderness areas, particularly the insects, and has been outspoken on the ecological implications of climate change on wilderness areas. Among the studies in which he participated were the Tasmanian World Heritage Area Wilderness Ecological Baseline Study at Port Davey and the Mt Pelion area (1980s) and Tarkine BioBlitzes coordinated by the Bob Brown Foundation for which he led the invertebrate group. He served on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act, being instrumental in having insects considered. McQuillan is a long-term member of the Australian Entomological Society, serving as Regional Councillor for Tasmania from 1983 to 1986. He has also served on the organising committees for several of the Society's scientific conferences. His extensive publications record includes popular books on insects and papers on the history of Tasmania's insects. 1978 1989 Career position - Entomologist, Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1982 Career position - Member, Australian Entomological Society 1983 1986 Career position - Regional Councillor for Tasmania, Australian Entomological Society 1985 Career position - Member, Conservation Committee, Australian Entomological Society 1985 1985 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 16th Australian Entomological Society Scientific Conference 1987 1987 Award - Churchill Fellowship 1988 1988 Career position - Acting Chief Entomologist, Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1989 1992 Career position - Entomologist, Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry 1990 1991 Career position - Acting Chief, Plant Protection Branch, Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry 1991 1991 Education - PhD, University of Tasmania 1992 1992 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 23rd Australian Entomological Society Scientific Conference 1992 1992 Career event - Joined the University of Tasmania 2002 2002 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 34th Australian Entomological Society Scientific Conference 2008 2008 Award - Banksia Foundation Environment Awards (Land and Biodiversity category) (as member of the Biodiversity in Grain and Graze team) 2024 2024 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 55th Australian Entomological Society Scientific Conference Australian Entomological Society Inc (1965 - )

Regional Councillor for Tasmania 1983 - 1986

 Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry, State of Tasmania (1989 - 1992)

Entomologist 1989 - 1992; Acting Chief, Plant Protection Branch 1990 - 1991

 Tasmanian Department of Agriculture [II], State of Tasmania (1911 - 1989)

Entomologist 1978 - 1989

 'McQuillan, Peter B.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McQuillan, Peter B. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Ernest J. Martyn (3.iv.1926 - 5.vi.1989) McQuillan, Peter Obituary: Ernest J. Martyn (3.iv.1926 - 5.vi.1989) 1990 Myrmecia 26 189-90 Journal Article: Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) as a predator and disturbance agent of wildlife in Tasmania Holderness-Roddam, Bob and McQuillan, Peter Domestic dogs (<span style="font-style:italic">Canis familiaris</span>) as a predator and disturbance agent of wildlife in Tasmania 2014 Australasian journal of environmental management 21 4 441-52 Journal Article: The half-century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire-sensitive vegetation Henry, Shasta Claire, Kirkpatrick, Jamie B. and McQuillan, Peter The half-century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire-sensitive vegetation 2022 Austral ecology 47 3 590-602 Book: Catalogue of the insects of Tasmania Semmens, T. D., McQuillan, P. B. and Hayhurst, G Catalogue of the insects of Tasmania Hobart Tasmanian Deptartment of Primary Industry 1992 Book: A guide to common moths of the Adelaide region McQuillan, P. B. and Forrest, J. A. A guide to common moths of the Adelaide region Adelaide South Australian Museum 1985 Book: Butterflies of Tasmania McQuillan, Peter: illustrations by Julie Virtue Butterflies of Tasmania Hobart Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1994 Book: Caterpillars, moths and their plants of southern Australia McQuillan, Peter, Forrest, January, Keane, David, Grund, Roger Caterpillars, moths and their plants of southern Australia Adelaide Butterfly Conservation SA Inc. 2019 Book: Tasmanian pasture pests: identification and control McQuillan, P. B. and Ireson, J. E. Tasmanian pasture pests: identification and control Hobart Tasmanian Department of Agriculture 1987 Journal Article: Crown structure differences and dynamics in mature and old-growth Eucalyptus obliqua Bar-Ness, Y.D.; Kirkpatrick, J.B.; and McQuillan, P.B. Crown structure differences and dynamics in mature and old-growth <span style="font-style:italic">Eucalyptus obliqua</span> 2012 Australian Forestry 75 120-129 Journal Article: Oswald Bertram Lower (1864 - 1925): a South Australian pioneer in the discovery of Australia's biodiversity McQuillan, Peter B., Williams, Ted and Camilleri, Jenny Oswald Bertram Lower (1864 - 1925): a South Australian pioneer in the discovery of Australia's biodiversity 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 1 1-15 Book Section: Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928), entomologist and Anglican clergyman McQuillan, Peter B.; Semmens, Trevor D. Thompson, Edward Henry (1851-1928), entomologist and Anglican clergyman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 209 Journal Article: Grey area [Peter McQuillan and Bill Humphreys] Fletcher, Murray Grey area [Peter McQuillan and Bill Humphreys] 2024 Myrmecia 60 3 39-43