Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny

Austral Entomology

Australian Journal of Taxonomy

Communications Biology

Ecology and Evolution

European Journal of Taxonomy

Evolution & Development

Functional Ecology

Insect Science

Invertebrate Systematics

Limnology and Oceanography

Molecular Ecology

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

One Earth

Scientific Reports

Systematic Entomology

The surprising aquatic life of Australia’s outback, Australian Geographic

Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes. They might not be there much longer, The Conversation

Name it to save it: conserving Australia’s at-risk cave cricket species, Caves Australia

Dr Aola Richards: The wētā woman, The Post (New Zealand)

Most people will never see a cave cricket, so why should we care about them?, Taxonomy Australia

Nature's vibrators, What the Duck?!, ABC Radio National

More black native crickets in Ballarat may be because of rainy La Niña summer. The Courier

Lost ark of animals awaits discovery in Australia's arid zone. Cosmos Weekly

Introducing the invertebrates factsheet, Biodiversity Council of Australia

Profiled in Wear It Purple Day poster series by Questacon

The Latest Set of Emojis Matter. Here's Why. Wall Street Journal

Queers in Science is helping tackle discrimination in STEM, QNews

Celebrating Pride in STEM, Dope Labs Podcast

Unravelling the enigma of cave crickets, Environment Institute Blog

Australian native animals as pets. Yes/No?, What the Duck?!, ABC Radio National

Why women scientists are rallying around six-year-old bug and frog lover Lyra, ABC Science

Lead writer, Adapted to the Dark: Rhaphidophoridae (short film) for the International Year of Caves and Karst

Cockroaches Are Cool!, NPR Short Wave, National Public Radio

Crickets and Sprickets, Off Track with Ann Jones, ABC Radio National

The BFG of the Insect World, Off Track with Ann Jones, ABC Radio National

Contributor, It's in our Nature: A Queer Tour of the Museum, South Australian Museum

Caves, Roaches, and Microbes, OH MY!, The Science Stream

Australian giant cockroaches actually hiss, Australian Geographic

Women in entomology, Breakfast with Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck, ABC Radio Sydney

Down and dirty: the Aussie women working in entomology, Australian Geographic

Invited speaker, Hidden in deep green: tactical (and tricky!) taxonomy of cave crickets from Australia's wet forests, 5th Combined Australian & New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference

Guest lecture, Out of sight, out of mind?: Lessons in evolution and conservation from Aussie underground insects, University of Queensland

Conference presentation, Cave cricket capers: Biodiversity, taxonomy, and evolutionary history, Biosystematics 2023

Invited speaker, Name it, save it: Cave crickets and the race to describe Australia’s underground biodiversity, Australian Speleological Federation 32nd Scientific Conference

Invited speaker, What's in a name? The science of cave insect taxonomy, Cave Exploration Group of South Australia

Plenary speaker, Evolved in the dark: insects of the subterranean world, Australian Speleological Federation 31st Scientific Conference

Invited speaker, Queers in STEMM Showcase run by Queers in Science

Presenter, Night Lab: Metamorphosis, South Australian Museum

Organising member and invited speaker, An Evening with 500 Queer Scientists at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, 2019–2020

Vice-President, Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, 2025–

Subject Editor, Austral Entomology, 2025–

Member, Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender, 2024–

Member, Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group within the IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2024–

Scientific and Communications Advisory Committees, Invertebrates Australia, 2023–

National Steering Committee, Taxonomy Australia, 2023–

Judge, Science at the Fringe Award, Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2021–

Secretary, Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, 2024

Associate Editor, Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2023–2024

Inform Program Leader, Invertebrates Australia, 2022–2023

State co-chair, Queers in Science South Australia, 2020–2022

Organising Committee member, Australian Entomological Society 52nd AGM and Scientific Conference, 2021

Social media officer, Biological Sciences Early and Mid-Career Researcher Association, The University of Adelaide, 2020–2021

Board member and Social Media Director, Australian Entomological Society, 2019–2022

Beasley-Hall, P G, Papadelos, P, Hewitt, A et al. Rewarding, but poorly rewarded: Gendered narratives of science communication in the life sciences. bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.02.28.582614.

Stringer, D N, Bertozzi, T, Cooper, S J B et al. Continental aridification shapes the evolution and biogeographic history of Haloniscus (Isopoda: Philosciidae) in Australian groundwater-dependent ecosystems. [P. G. Beasley-Hall is author 4/9.]

Guzik, M T, Thornhill, J, van der Heyde, M et al. Towards a global barcode reference library for subterranean fauna. Science of the Total Environment 1011: 181078. [P. G. Beasley-Hall is author 7/11.]

Beasley-Hall, P G, Eberhard, S M. (2025). Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Richards, 1964, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1012: 239-267.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Trewick, S A, Eberhard, S M et al. (2025). Molecular phylogenetics illuminates the evolutionary history and hidden diversity of Australian cave crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). Systematic Entomology 126: 153-161.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Trewick, S A, Hedges, B A et al. (2025). Integrative taxonomy and systematics of the Australian cave cricket genus Speleotettix Chopard (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae): new species, distribution, and conservation implications. Austral Entomology 64: e70011.

Hedges, B A, Beasley-Hall, P G, Berry, T et al. (2025). Environmental DNA reveals temporal and spatial variability of invertebrate communities in arid-lands ephemeral water bodies. Marine and Freshwater Research MF24243.

Guzik, M T et al. (2025). What are the best practices for curating eDNA custom barcode reference libraries? A case study using Australian subterranean fauna. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 146: blaf053. [NB: P. G. Beasley-Hall is author 9/21.]

Iannello, S, Beasley-Hall, P G (2024). Ecology and evolution of Eburnocauda gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), a cave cricket from Australian granite pseudokarst. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 73: 1–9.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Hedges, B A, Cooper, S J B, Austin, A D, Guzik, M T (2024). A comprehensive review of South Australia's Great Artesian Basin spring and discharge wetlands biota. Marine and Freshwater Research 75: MF24118.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Kinjo, Y, Rose, H A, Walker, J, Foster, C S P, Kovacs, T G L, Bourguignon, T, Ho, S Y W, Lo, N (2024). Shrinking in the dark: Parallel endosymbiont genome erosions are associated with repeated host transitions to an underground life. Insect Science 31: 1810-1821.

Balart-García, P, Bradford, T, Beasley-Hall, P G, Polak, S, Ribera, I, Cooper, S J B, Fernandez, R (2024). Highly dynamic evolution of the chemosensory gene repertoire driven by gene gain and expansion across subterranean beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 194: 108027.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Murphy, N P, King, R A, White, N E, Hedges, B A, Cooper, S J B, Austin, A D, Guzik, M T (2023). Time capsules of biodiversity: future research directions for groundwater-dependent ecosystems of the Great Artesian Basin. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 1021987.

Balart-García, P, Aristide, L, Bradford, T, Beasley-Hall, P G, Polak, S, Ribera, I, Cooper, S J B, Fernandez, R (2023). Parallel and convergent genomic changes underlie independent subterranean colonization across beetles. Nature Communications 14: 3842.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Bertozzi, T, Bradford, T M, Foster, C S P, Jones, K, Tierney, S M, Humphreys, W F, Austin, A D, Cooper, S J B (2022). Differential transcriptomic responses to heat stress in surface and subterranean diving beetles. Scientific Reports 12: 16194.

Jones, B R, Brock, P D, Mantovani, B, Beasley-Hall, P G, Yeates, D K, Lo, N (2022). Integrative taxonomy of the stick insect genus Austrocarausius Brock, 2000 (Phasmatodea: Lonchodidae) reveals cryptic species in remnant Queensland rainforests. Invertebrate Systematics 36, 849–873.

Langille B L, Tierney S M, Bertozzi T, Beasley-Hall, P G, Bradford T M, Fagan-Jeffries E P, Hyde J, Leijs R, Richardson M, Saint KM, Stringer DN, Villastrigo A, Humphreys WF, Austin A D, Cooper S J B (2022). Parallel decay of vision genes in subterranean water beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173, 107522.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Rose, H A, et al. (2021). Digging deep: a revised phylogeny of Australian burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae, Geoscapheinae) confirms extensive nonmonophyly and provides insights into biogeography and evolution of burrowing. Systematic Entomology 46, 767–783.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Rose, H A, et al. (2021). Molecular systematics and biogeography of an Australian soil burrowing cockroach with polymorphic males, Geoscapheus dilatatus (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae). Austral Entomology 60, 317–329.

Hogg, C, Morrison, C, et al. (2021). Using phylogenetics to explore inter-species genetic rescue options for a critically endangered parrot. Conservation Science and Practice e483. [Note: P. G. Beasley-Hall is author 5/10.]

Beasley-Hall, P G, Chui, J, et al. (2019). Evidence for a complex evolutionary history of mound building in the Australian nasute termites (Nasutitermitinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126, 304–314.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Lee, T R C, et al. (2018). Multiple abiotic factors correlate with parallel evolution in Australian soil burrowing cockroaches. Journal of Biogeography 45, 1515–1528.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Tierney, S M, et al. (2018). A revised phylogeny of macropathine cave crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) uncovers a paraphyletic Australian fauna. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126, 153–161.

University of Adelaide Environment Institute (2024). Submission on A New Biodiversity Act for South Australia submitted to the Biodiversity Coordination Unit, Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia. Available online here.

Umbers, K, Beasley-Hall, P G (2021). IUCN Red List assessment for the Kosciuszko Metallic Cockroach (Polyzosteria viridissima). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T190512630A196182036.

Australian Biological Resources Study Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Adelaide, December 2022–

Honorary Associate, The University of Sydney, 2021–2023

Project Officer in Evolutionary Genomics, South Australian Museum, 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Adelaide, August 2020–2022

Beasley-Hall, P. G, Eberhard, S M, Trewick, S (2025). Tactical taxonomy of cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) hidden in wet forest. Australian Biological Resources Study National Taxonomy Research Grant Program. $330,000. Principal Investigator.

Marsh, J R, Wood, J, Beasley-Hall, P G, Cooper, S J B (2025). A fragile window into the past: informing conservation of cave biodiversity with ancient invertebrate DNA. Hermon Slade Foundation. $86,617. Joint Investigator.

Marsh, J R, Beasley-Hall, P G, Cooper, S J B, Harvey, M, Rix, M, Wood, J (2024). Conserving caves: Developing tools to safeguard subterranean biodiversity. Australian Research Council Early Career Industry Fellowship. $482,830. Joint Investigator.

Shaw, M, Beasley-Hall, P G (2023). Solving the evolutionary puzzle of climate outliers: description of new cave and mallee mites (Dermanyssiae: Ologamasidae) as part of the Yalata Bush Blitz. Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. $15,000. Joint Investigator.

Beasley-Hall, P G, Austin, A D, Cooper, S J B, Reed, E, Trewick, S (2022). Systematics and taxonomy of Australian cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae): an enigmatic and at-risk fauna. Australian Biological Resources Study National Taxonomy Research Grant Program. $330,000. Principal Investigator.

Beasley-Hall, P. G (2022). Systematics and taxonomy of Australian cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae): an enigmatic and at-risk fauna. Australian Speleological Federation Karst Conservation Fund. $15,000. Principal Investigator.

Papadelos, P, Beasley-Hall, P. G, Hewitt, A, Umbers, K, Guzik, M T, Beasley, C. (2022). Science communication behind the scenes?: Interrogating the role of women in professional life sciences societies. The University of Adelaide ABLE Interdisciplinary Research Grant. $10,000. Co-chief Investigator.

Creating Positive Change Fellowship, Conservation Council of South Australia, 2024

Emerging Leaders Program scholarship ($5,950), Environment Institute, 2021

Best student presentation, Australian Entomological Society, 2019

Best presentation, SOLES Postgraduate Showcase, The University of Sydney, 2019

Postgraduate Research Student Support Scheme ($3,000), The University of Sydney, 2019

Graduate Student Research Award ($2,700), Society of Systematic Biologists, 2018

Phil Carne Prize finalist, Australian Entomological Society, 2018

Postgraduate Research Student Support Scheme ($1,300), The University of Sydney, 2018

Early PhD Student Travel Grant, Australian Entomological Society, 2017

Best presentation finalist, SOLES Postgraduate Showcase, The University of Sydney, 2017

Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship ($75,000), 2017

Faculty of Sciences Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, The University of Adelaide, 2015

Adelaide Summer Research Scholarship at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, The University of Adelaide, 2014

Faculty of Sciences Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, The University of Adelaide, 2014

Tutor, Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) II, The University of Adelaide, 2024

Lecturer and organising committee member, 8th National Postgraduate Training Workshop in Systematics, The University of Adelaide, 2022

Teaching assistant, The University of Sydney, 2017-2020

Instructor, Taming the BEAST Down Under, 2019

Instructor, Sydney Phylogenetics Workshop, 2017-2019

Teaching assistant, The University of Adelaide, 2016

People & Culture Committee, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, 2024–

Connect & Share on Neurodiversity, The University of Adelaide, 2024

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion co-design workshop, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology, The University of Adelaide, 2023

Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology, The University of Adelaide, 2022

Developing Positive Partnerships Program, The University of Adelaide, 2021

Emerging Leaders Program, Environment Institute, 2021