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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-15 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007771b.htm person Humphreys William F. AACR2 Entomologist Arachnologist Invertebrate zoologist Bill Humphreys is an invertebrate zoologist whose early research was on wolf spiders but also included coral reef ecology and echinoderms. He spent several years in the mid-1970s as a research fellow at La Trobe University studying thermoregulation of terrestrial invertebrates and in collaborative projects on the ecology of small mammals in Victoria and northern New South Wales. In 1980 he joined the University of Western Australia for its survey of the invertebrate community of the Eastern Goldfields. From 1988, having realised that many cave invertebrates found in Cape Range had adapted to an otherwise arid environment by retreating to humid caves, Humphrey's research turned to these underground habitats. With colleagues he studied the faunas of caves, and aquifers which were not open to the surface, across inland Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Their research has shown these faunas to have a high degree of genetic diversity and endemism. An extension to this research has been a move to protect these fragile environments from damaging exploitation. Humphreys's particular interest was flightless, eyeless subterranean diving beetles (Dytiscidae), Australia proving to have the most diverse such fauna recorded anywhere in the world. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and an Research Associate of the Western Australian Museum where he was formerly Curator and Head of Terrestrial Invertebrates. Mandjelia humphreysi (Barychelidae), a species of mygalomorph spider, was named in his honour. 2001 Career position - Head, Terrestrial Invertebrates, Western Australian Museum 2005 Career position - Curator, Terrestrial Invertebrates, Western Australian Museum 1973 Career position - Research Fellow, La Trobe University 1973 1973 Education - PhD, Australian National University 1980 1980 Career event - Joined Department of Biological Survey, Western Australian Museum 2010 2013 Award - ARC Linkage and Discovery Program (with Andy Austin, University of Adelaide, and Steve Cooper, South Australian Museum) Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Invertebrate zoologist (later Head, Terrestrial Invertebrates) 1980 - 2005

 'Humphreys, William F. (Bill)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Humphreys, William F. (Bill) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Imperilled subsurface waters in Australia: biodiversity, threatening processes and conservation Boulton, A. J., Humphreys, W. F. and Eberhard, S. M. Imperilled subsurface waters in Australia: biodiversity, threatening processes and conservation 2003 Aquatic ecosystems health and management 6 1 41-54 Journal Article: Rising from down under: developments in subterranean biodiversity in Australia from a groundwater perspective Humphreys, W. F. Rising from down under: developments in subterranean biodiversity in Australia from a groundwater perspective 2008 Invertebrate systematics 22 2 85-101 Journal Article: Cryptic speciation in two widespread subterranean amphipod genera reflects historical drainage patterns in a ancient landscape Finston, Terrie, Johnson, M. S., Humphreys, William F., Eberhard, Stefan M. and Halse, S. A. Cryptic speciation in two widespread subterranean amphipod genera reflects historical drainage patterns in a ancient landscape 2007 Molecular ecology 16 2 355-65 Journal Article: A highly modified stygobiont diving beetle of the genus Copelatus (Coleoptera, Dytidcidae): taxonomy and cladistic analysis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences Blake, Michael, Watts, Chris H. S., Cooper, Steven J. B., Humphreys, William F. and Volger, Alfried A highly modified stygobiont diving beetle of the genus <span style="font-style:italic">Copelatus</span> (Coleoptera, Dytidcidae): taxonomy and cladistic analysis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences 2004 Systematic entomology 29 1 59-67 Edited Book: Subterranean biology in Australia 2000 Humphreys, W. F. and Harvey, M. S. Subterranean biology in Australia 2000 Perth Western Australian Museum 2001 Journal Article: New stygobiont copepods (Calanoida: Misophrioida) from Bundera Sinkhole, an anchialine cenote in north-western Australia Jaume, Damià, Boxshall, Geoffrey A. and Humphreys, William F. New stygobiont copepods (Calanoida: Misophrioida) from Bundera Sinkhole, an anchialine cenote in north-western Australia 2001 Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 133 1 1-24 Book: Assessment of the ecological values and management options for cave use on Christmas Island Humphreys, W. F. and Eberhard, Stefan M. Assessment of the ecological values and management options for cave use on Christmas Island Perth Western Australian Museum 1995 Edited Book: The biogeography of Cape Range, Western Australia: being the proceedings of a symposium held under the auspices of the Western Australian Museum on 21 November 1992 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia Humphreys, W. F. The biogeography of Cape Range, Western Australia: being the proceedings of a symposium held under the auspices of the Western Australian Museum on 21 November 1992 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth Western Australian Museum 1993 Journal Article: Grey area [Peter McQuillan and Bill Humphreys] Fletcher, Murray Grey area [Peter McQuillan and Bill Humphreys] 2024 Myrmecia 60 3 39-43