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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007793b.htm person Greenslade Penelope Jean MacLeod AACR2 Entomologist Penelope Greenslade is an entomologist noted for her expertise in Collembola (springtails), common and abundant arthropods closely associated with soil and decomposition processes. She has studied their taxonomy and ecology in all climatic zones of Australia, as well as Antarctica, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa and the Solomon Islands. Her work with Rieks van Klinken resulted in the first comprehensive review of Macquarie Island invertebrates. Greenslade is a committed and effective advocate for the conservation of invertebrates in Australia, drawing attention at all levels of government to their importance in ecosystems. She has been a member and Convenor (1987 - 1992) of the Conservation Committee of the Australian Entomological Society. Greenslade was an Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian National Insect Collection in the 1980s, and for a time worked on marine nematodes at the Australian National University. In 2008 she became an Honorary Research Fellow at the Federation University, Ballarat. 1972 Career position - Member, Australian Entomological Society 1980 1980 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Australian Entomological Society, Lyndoch, South Australia 1981 1981 Career position - Member, Organising Committee, 3rd Australasian Conference on the Ecology of Grassland Invertebrates, Adelaide 1982 1984 Career position - Regional Councillor for South Australia, Australian Entomological Society 1985 Career position - Member, Conservation Committee, Australian Entomological Society 1987 1992 Career position - Convenor, Conservation Committee, Australian Entomological Society 1994 1994 Award - Service Award, Australian Entomological Society January 2008 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Federation University Australia Australian Entomological Society Inc (1965 - )

Regional Councillor for South Australia 1982 - 1984; Convenor, Conservation Committee 1987 - 1992

 Federation University Australia (2014 - )

Honorary Research Fellow 2008 -

 'Greenslade, Penelope Jean MacLeod', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Greenslade, Penelope Jean MacLeod Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Onychiuridae (Collembola) of Australia: a key to species with notes on their distributions and pest status Greenslade, Penelope and Ireson, John Onychiuridae (Collembola) of Australia: a key to species with notes on their distributions and pest status 2022 Austral entomology 61 2 187-98 Journal Article: The conservation significance of the biota of Barrow Island, Western Australia Lynch, Jasmyn, Beeton, Robert J. S. and Greenslade, Penelope The conservation significance of the biota of Barrow Island, Western Australia 2019 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 102 98-133 Journal Article: Ecology of Heard Island Diptera Greenslade, Penelope, Vernon, P, and Smith, D. Ecology of Heard Island Diptera 2012 Polar biology 35 841-50 Journal Article: The potential of Collembola to act as indicators of landscape stress in Australia Greenslade, Penelope The potential of Collembola to act as indicators of landscape stress in Australia 2007 Australian journal of experimental agriculture 47 4 424-34 Book: The invertebrates of Macquarie Island Greenslade, Penelope The invertebrates of Macquarie Island Kingston, Tas. Australian Antarctic Division 2006 Book: A survey of invertebrates in Tasmanian rainforest Coy, Robyn, Greenslade, Penelope and Rounsevell, David A survey of invertebrates in Tasmanian rainforest Hobart National Rainforest Conservation Program 1993 Edited Book: Soil and litter invertebrates of some Australian Mediterranean-type ecosystems Greenslade, Penelope and Majer, J. D. Soil and litter invertebrates of some Australian Mediterranean-type ecosystems Perth Western Australian Institute of Technology 1985 Journal Article: The use of baits and preservatives in pitfall traps Greenslade, Penelope The use of baits and preservatives in pitfall traps 1971 Australian journal of entomology 10 4 253-60 Journal Article: Grey area [Penelope Greenslade and Ken Walker] Fletcher, Murray Grey area [Penelope Greenslade and Ken Walker] 2025 Myrmecia 61 1 97-100 Journal Article: Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston Maynard, D. Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston 2021 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 155 1 69-70