[A28] Hellemans S. ✉, Bourguignon T., Roisin Y. 2025. Towards a universal understanding of sex ratio in termites. Communications Biology 8: 404. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07771-z

[Database + Codes: GitHub]

[A27] Scheffrahn R.H. ✉, Roisin Y., Wang M., Bourguignon T., Hellemans S. 2025. Obtusitermes monomorphus, a new termite species (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from Panama. Zootaxa 5583: 567-578. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.9

[A26] Gergonne D. ✉, Roy V., Poteaux C., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Fougeyrollas R., Hanus R., Roisin Y., Vecco-Giove C. D., Cerna-Mendoza A., Armbrecht I., Valladares Romero C. S., Couto A. A. V. O, Šobotnik J., Sillam-Dussès D. 2024. Evolutionary history of soil-feeding Neotropical termites reveals recent divergence linked to geologic-climatic influences. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixae043

[Data (microsatellites): Figshare_1; Figures: Figshare_2]

[A25] Beránková T., Arora J., Romero Arias J., Buček A., Tokuda G., Šobotník J., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T. ✉ 2024. Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor. Communications Biology 7: 1449. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w

[A23] Hellemans S. ✉, Rocha M.M., Wang M., Romero Arias J., Aanen D.K., Bagnères A.-G., Buček A., Carrijo T.F., Chouvenc T., Cuezzo C., Constantini J.P., Constantino R., Dedeine F., Deligne J., Eggleton P., Evans T.A., Hanus R., Harrison M.C., Harry M., Josens G., Jouault C., Kalleshwaraswamy C.M., Kaymak E., Korb J., Lee C.-Y., Legendre F., Li H.-F., Lo N., Lu T., Matsuura K., Maekawa K., McMahon D.P., Mizumoto N., Oliveira D.E., Poulsen M., Sillam-Dussès D., Su N.-Y., Tokuda G., Vargo E.L., Ware J.L., Šobotník J., Scheffrahn R.H., Cancello E., Roisin Y., Engel M.S., Bourguignon T. ✉. 2024. Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites. Nature Communications 15: 6724. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y

[Data available on Dryad; Nomenclatural Acts available on ZooBank]

[A22] Mizumoto N. ✉, Hellemans S., Engel M.S., Bourguignon T., Buček A. ✉. 2024. Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 121: e2308922121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308922121

[Preprint:  bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.05.22.541647; Codes: GitHub]

[A21] Kovacs T.G.L ✉, Walker J., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Tatarnic N.J., McRae J.M., Ho S.Y.W, Lo N. ✉. 2024. Dating in the dark: elevated substitution rates in cave cockroaches (Blattodea: Nocticolidae) have negative impacts on molecular date estimates. Systematic Biology 73: 532–545. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syae002

[Preprint:  bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2023.01.17.524483; Data: Dryad (UCEs); Database: GitHub; Supplementaries: Zenodo]

[A20] Hellemans S., Hanus R. ✉. 2024. Termite primary queen — ancestral, but highly specialized eusocial phenotype. Current Opinion in Insect Science 61: 101157. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101157

[A19] Romero Arias J. ✉, Hellemans S., Kaymak E., Akama P. D., Bourguignon T., Roisin Y., Scheffrahn R. H., Šobotník J. ✉. 2024. Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a new Afrotropical termite species into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae). Systematic Entomology 49: 72-83. doi: 10.1111/syen.12607

[Data available on Zenodo]

[A18] Arora J., Buček A., Hellemans S., Beránková T., Romero Arias J., Fisher B., Clitheroe C., Brune A., Kinjo Y., Šobotník J., Bourguignon T. ✉. 2023. Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230619. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0619

[Data available on Dryad (UCEs), Electronic Supplementary Material on FigShare]

[A17] Wang M., Hellemans S., Buček A., Kanao T., Arora J., Clitheroe C., Rafanomezantsoa J.-J., Fisher B.L., Scheffrahn R., Sillam-Dussès D., Roisin Y., Šobotník J., Bourguignon T. ✉. 2023. Neoisoptera repetitively colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum. Ecography 2023: e06463. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06463

[Preprint:  bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.12.01.470872]

[A16] Araujo N.S., Hellemans S., Roisin Y., Fournier D. ✉. 2023. Transcriptomic profiling of castes and of sexually and parthenogenetically produced reproductive females in the termite Cavitermes tuberosus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 171: 350-360. doi: 10.1111/eea.13285

[A15] Hellemans S. ✉, Wang M., Hasegawa N., Šobotník J., Scheffrahn R.H., Bourguignon T. ✉ 2022. Using ultraconserved elements to reconstruct the termite tree of life.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107520. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107520

[Preprint:  bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.12.09.472027; Data: Dryad (UCEs); Database: GitHub]

[A14] Hellemans S. ✉, Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Mihaljevič M., Roisin Y., Bourguignon T. ✉ 2022. Termite dispersal is influenced by their diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220246. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0246

[Data available on Dryad (isotopes), Electronic Supplementary Material on FigShare]

[A13] Buček A. ✉, Wang M., Šobotník J., Hellemans S., Sillam-Dussès D., Mizumoto N., Stiblík P., Clitheroe C., Lu T., González Plaza J.J., Mohagan A., Rafanomezantsoa J.J., Fisher B., Engel M., Roisin Y., Evans T., Scheffrahn R., Bourguignon T. ✉ 2022. Molecular phylogeny reveals the past transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 39: msac093. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac093

[Data available on Dryad (UCEs); Codes: GitHub]

[A12] Wang M. ✉, Hellemans S., Šobotník J., Arora J., Buček A., Sillam-Dussès D., Clitheroe C., Lu T., Lo N., Engel M.S., Roisin Y., Evans T.A., Bourguignon T. ✉ 2022. Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera) (Isoptera: Teletisoptera). Systematic Entomology 47: 581-590. doi: 10.1111/syen.12548

[Preprint:  bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2021.12.02.471008]

[A11] Yashiro T. ✉, Tea Y.-K., Van Der Wal C., Nozaki T., Mizumoto N., Hellemans S., Matsuura K., Lo N ✉. 2021. Enhanced heterozygosity from male meiotic chromosome chains is superseded by hybrid female asexuality in termites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 118(51): e2009533118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2009533118

[A10] Hellemans S. ✉, Deligne J., Roisin Y., Josens G. 2021. Phylogeny and revision of the ‘Cubitermes complex’ termites (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae). Systematic Entomology 46(1): 224-238. doi:10.1111/syen.12458

[Nomenclatural Acts available on ZooBank]

[A9] Hellemans S., Roisin Y. 2020. Asexual queen succession in termites. eLS 1: 13-20. doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0029115

[A8] Couto A. A. V. O. ✉, Hellemans S., Roisin Y., Montes M. A., Vasconcellos A. 2020. Effects of habitat loss on the genetic diversity of Embiratermes neotenicus (Isoptera) in a fragmented landscape of Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Insect Conservation and Diversity 13(4): 351-359. doi:10.1111/icad.12414

[A7] Hellemans S. ✉, Marynowska M., Drouet T., Lepoint G., Fournier D., Calusinska M., Roisin Y. 2019. Nest composition, stable isotope ratios and microbiota unravel the feeding behaviour of an inquiline termite. Oecologia 191: 541-553. doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04514-w

[A6] Hellemans S. ✉, Dolejšová K., Křivánek J., Fournier D., Hanus R. ✉, Roisin Y. 2019. Widespread occurrence of asexual reproduction in higher termites of the Termes group (Termitidae: Termitinae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: 131. doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1459-3

[A5] Hellemans S.¶✉, Kaczmarek N.¶✉, Marynowska M., Calusinska M., Roisin Y., Fournier D. ✉ 2019. Bacteriome-associated Wolbachia of the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95: fiy235. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy235

[A4] Hellemans S. ✉, Fournier D., Hanus R., Roisin Y. 2019. Sex ratio variations among years and breeding systems in a facultatively parthenogenetic termite. Insectes Sociaux 66: 129-138. doi:10.1007/s00040-018-0667-y 

[Data available on Dryad (microsatellites)]

[A3] Hellemans S. ✉, Fournier D., Hanus R., Roisin Y. 2017. Secondary queens in the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus develop through a transitional helper stage. Evolution & Development 19: 253-262. doi:10.1111/ede.12240

[A2] Hellemans S. ✉, Bourguignon T., Kyjaková P., Hanus R., Roisin Y. 2017. Mitochondrial and chemical profiles reveal a new genus and species of Neotropical termite with snapping soldiers, Palmitermes impostor (Termitidae: Termitinae). Invertebrate Systematics 31(4): 394-405. doi:10.1071/IS16089

[Nomenclatural Acts available on ZooBank]

[A1] Fournier D.¶✉, Hellemans S.¶, Hanus R., Roisin Y. 2016. Facultative asexual reproduction and genetic diversity of populations in the humivorous termite Cavitermes tuberosus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283(1832): 20160196. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0196

[Data available on Dryad (microsatellites)]