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LEGAL Luc

Maitre de Conférences - Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 3

Contact

mail : Luc LEGAL

Campus UPS
EcoLab
Université Paul Sabatier
Batiment 4R3 - b2
118 Route de Narbonne
31062 Toulouse cedex 9
Tel : +33 (0)5-61-55-61-36
Fax : +33 (0)5-61-55-60-96

Research interests:

Molecular Evolution, Dynamic of Communities and Populations, Plant-Insects Interactions, Ecology.

Tools: Mitochondrial DNA, ISSR, Cuticular Hydrocarbons, Field Ecology.

Model organisms:

Lepidoptera, Diptera, Spiders and many others………..

Present position: Special permit (“délégation CNRS”): Study of various adaptations of Lepidoptera (and other organisms) in relation to seasonal changes in the Tropical Dry Forest (“Selva Baja Caducifolia”) of the centre of Mexico. Host Laboratory: CEAMISH/Biosphera Reserve of the “Sierra de Huautla”. State University of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. (Direction: Dulce Arias, Oscar Dorado)

Teaching

(in French and Spanish):

Animal Biology, Entomology, Systematic, Interactions Biology, Evolution, Phylogeny, Molecular Markers.

Students Training:

PhD:

  • Carine Luque (2000/04): French/German PhD. (18 February 2004). Title: « Analyse et comparaison d’écosystèmes de montagnes sub-naturels et exploités : approches écologique et moléculaires de communautés de Lépidoptères ». Scientific supervision: Under the direction of Dr Charles Gers (Toulouse) and Pr Michael Wink (Heidelberg, Allemagne).
  • Francine Ricouart (2000/05): French PhD. (19 September 2005). Title: “Aménagements agro-sylvo-pastoraux et diversité végétale et lépidoptérologique : suivi de 3 coupures de combustibles dans les Pyrénées-Orientales ». Co-Direction with Dr. JP Métaillé (CNRS/Géode Toulouse).
  • Olivier Roux (2002/2006): French PhD. (03 July 2006). Title: “Liens chimiques et génétiques dans les interactions tritrophiques du système Brassicacées, Plutella xylostella, Cotesia plutellae. ». Co-direction with Dr Dominique Bordat (CIRAD Montpellier).
  • Jérôme Albre (2003/2007): French PhD. (25 September2007). Title: “Phylogéographie du genre Erebia (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) ». Academical and scientific Direction.
  • Ariane Dor (2005/…..): French/Mexican PhD. Defence planed June 2008. Title: “La biogeografía de la tarántula Brachypelma vagans en la península de Yucatán”. Co-Direction with Dr. Yann Hénaut ECOSUR/Chetumal/Mexico.

PhD Committee:

  • Wafa Bouzid (2004/……): French PhD. Defence planed May 2008. Title: “Structure génétique de Ligula intestinalis (Cestode : Diphyllobothriidea), parasite des poissons d’eau douce ». Scientific supervision: Under the direction of Dr. Géraldine Loot and Dr. Sovan Lek.

Masters (French DEA) :

  • Bruno Moulin (1992/93): DEA Ethologie Paris XI/XIII. Title : « Influences sur la ponte des substances volatiles d’une plante-hôte potentielle ».
  • Carine Luque (1999/00): DEA Ecologie Toulouse. Title : « Analyse et comparaison d’écosystèmes forestiers de montagne semi-naturel et exploités: utilisation combinée des deux bio-indicateurs, les Collemboles et les Lépidoptères ».
  • Olivier Roux (2001/02): DEA Anthropobiologie Toulouse. Title: « Etude de la dispersion prépupale d’un diptère nécrophage : Protophormia terraenovae. Applications en médecine légale ».
  • Guislaine Fabas (2001/02): DEA Anthropobiologie Toulouse. Title: « Phylogenie des Mycobacteria à la lumière d’un cas ancien de “tuberculose” en haute-Egypte ».
  • Eric Lopez (2002/03): DEA Ecologie Toulouse. Title: “Les coléoptères commensaux des terriers de marmottes : Approches écologiques et évolutives ».
  • Jérôme Albre (2002/03): DEA Systématique Muséum Paris. Title: « Phylogénie biochimique du genre Erebia (Lepidoptera : Satyridae) en Europe : Comparaison avec des données morphologiques ».

University Local Masters (French DESU):

  • Olivier Roux (2000/01): DESU (Diplôme d’Enseignement Supérieur Universitaire). Title : « Les hydrocarbures cuticulaires : Indicateurs taxonomiques et ontogénétiques chez les diptères nécrophages ».
  • Juliette Delmé (2001/02): DESU (Diplôme d’Enseignement Supérieur Universitaire). Title: « Les araignées cleptobiotiques du genre Argyrodes, choix de l’hôte et stratégies. Etudes comparatives”.

Indexed Publications (Web of Science and/or Scopus):

  • Legal L, Katz M, Chappe B and Jallon JM (1991) Toxicity of Morinda citrifolia on Drosophila melanogaster and related species. Journal of Neurogenetics 7 (2-3): 132-132.
  • Legal L, David J-R and Jallon J-M (1992) Toxicity and attraction effects produced by Morinda citrifolia fruits on the Drosophila melanogaster complex of species. Chemoecology 3:125-129.
  • Legal L, Chappe B and Jallon J-M (1994) Molecular basis of Morinda citrifolia (L.) toxicity on Drosophila . Journal of Chemical Ecology, 20(8):1931-1943.
  • Legal L and Plawecki M. (1995) Compared sensitivities of various insects to toxic compounds from Morinda citrifolia (L.). Entomological Problems, 26(2):155-159.
  • Farine J-P, Legal L, Moreteau B and Le Quéré J-L (1996) Volatile components of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia and their relationships with Drosophila. Phytochemistry, 41(2):433-438.
  • Wink M, Legal L and von Nickisch-Rosenegk E (1998) How not to use systematics to test adaptative hypothesis, Response to Andrew V.Z. Brower. Journal of chemical Ecology Vol.24 N°8 1998; pp. 1285-1291.
  • Aubert J, Legal L, Descimon H and Michel F. (1999) Molecular Phylogeny of Swallowtail Butterflies of the Tribe Papilionini (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol.12, N°2 July pp 156-167.
  • Legal L, Moulin B and Jallon J-M (1999) The relation between structures and toxicity of chemotaxis of oxygenated aliphatic compounds homologous to the insecticide octanoic acid for two species of Drosophila. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 65, pp90-101.
  • Schneider D, Legal L, Dierl W and Wink M (1999) Androconial hairbrushes of the Syntomis (Amata) phegea (L.) Group (Lepidoptera, Ctenuchinae): A synapomorphic Character supported by sequence data of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C (Journal of bioscience). Vol.54c, 1119-1139.
  • Wink M and Legal L (2001) Evidence for two genetically and chemically defined host races of Tyria jacobaeae (Arctiidae, Lepidoptera). Chemoecology 11, 199-207.
  • Luque C, Legal L, Staudter H, Gers C, and Wink M (2002) ISSR (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats) as genetic markers in Noctuids (Lepidoptera, Heterocera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Hereditas 136: 251-253.
  • Hénaut Y, Delme J, Legal L and Williams T (2005) Host selection by a kleptobiotic spider. Naturwissenschaften. 92 : 95-99
  • Roux O, Van Baaren J, Gers C, Arvanitakis L and Legal L (2005) Antennal structure and oviposition behavior of the specialist parasitoid: Cotesia plutellae. Microscopy Research and Technique. 68 (1) : 36-44
  • Ceballos L, Hénaut Y and Legal L (2005) Foraging strategies of Eriophora edax (Aranae: Araneidae): a nocturnal orb-weaving spider. Journal of Arachnology 33 (2) : 509-515.
  • Pichon A, Arvanitakis L, Roux O, Kirk A, Alauzet C, Bordat D and Legal L (2006) Genetic differentiation among various populations of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 96: 137-144.
  • Roux O, Gers C, Telmon N and Legal L (2006) Circular dispersal of larvae in the necrophagous diptera Protophormia terraenovae. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 42(1): 51-56.
  • Crubézy E, Legal L, Fabas G, Dabernat H, Ludes B (2006) Pathogeny of archaic Mycobacteria at the emergence of urban life in Egypt (3400 BC). Infection, Genetics and Evolution 6 (1) : 13-21.
  • Roux O, Gers C, and Legal L (2006) When, among variations during ontogeny, cuticular compounds of Calliphoridae may be used as phylogenetic markers. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34(5) : 406-416.
  • Roux O, Gers C, Tene-Ghomsi JN Arvanitakis L, Bordat D and Legal L (2007) Chemical characterization of contact semiochemicals for host-recognition and host-acceptance by the specialist parasitoid Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov).Chemoecology 17(1): 13-18.
  • Roux O, Gevrey M, Arvanitakis L, Gers C, Bordat D and Legal L (2007) ISSR-PCR: Tool for population identification and genetic structure of Plutella xylostella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 240-250.
  • Luque C, Gers C, Lauga J, Mariano NA, Wink M and Legal L (2007) Analysis of forestry impacts and Biodiversity in two Pyrenean Forests through a Comparison of moth communities (Lepidoptera, Heterocera). Insect Science 14(4): 323-338.
  • Albre J, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Molecular Phylogeny of the Erebia Tyndarus (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) complex of species combining CoxII and ND5 mitochondrial genes : a case study of a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 196-210.
  • Roux O, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Ontogenetic study of three Calliphoridae of Forensic importance through cuticular hydrocarbon analysis. In press in Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
  • Bouzid W, Stefka J, Hypsa V, Lek S, Scholz T, Legal L Ben Hassine O and Loot G (2008) Geography and host specificity: two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae). In Press in Int. J. Parasitology.
  • Bouzid W, Lek S, Macé M, Ben Hassine O, Etienne R, Legal L and Loot G (2008) Genetic diversity of Ligula intestinalis (L.) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) based on analysis of inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. In Press in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
  • Bermúdez-Torres K, Martínez-Herrera J, Figueroa-Brito R, Wink M and Legal L (2008) Activity of quinolizidine alkaloids from three Mexican Lupinus against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In Press in Biocontrol.
  • Dor A, Machkour-M’Rabet S, Legal L, Williams T, Hénaut Y (2008) Chemically-mediated intraspecific recognition in the Mexican tarantula Brachypelma vagans. Major revisions in Naturwissenschaften.

Other Publications:

  • Legal L and Plawecki M. (1995) Compared sensitivities of various insects to toxic compounds from Morinda citrifolia (L.). Entomological Problems, 26(2):155-159.
  • Kalyabina S, Milto K, Ananjeva N, Legal L, Joger U and Wink M (2001) Phylogeography and systematics of Lacerta agilis based on mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(2): 149-159.
  • Legal L, Albre J, Mariano A and Dorado O (2007) Aspectos ecologicos de la distribucion localizado de la mariposa primitiva Baronia brevicornis. Mesoamericana 11(3): 129.
  • Albre J, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Taxonomic notes on the Erebia tyndarus species group (Lepidoptera, Satyridae). Lépidoptères 39 : 12-28.

Books:

Legal L, Albre J and Dorado O (2008, last corrections in progress) Field guide of the 150 most visible species of butterflies of the UNESCO biosphere reserve of the Sierra de Huautla. Morelos. Mexico. 350 pp.

Book chapters:

Fabas G, Legal L, Clisson I, Keyser C, Ludes B and Crubezy E (2006) La population de Saints-Côme et Damien: Evolution génétique. In: La mort, les morts et la ville (Crubezy E, Duchesne S and Arlaud C). Ed. Errance, Paris, pp. 421-430.

Oral Communications:

  • Cobb M, Legal L and Jallon J-M (08/1992) Olfactory and other physiological responses of Drosophila to alcohols, acids and acetates. IXth Annual Meeting of International Society of Chemical Ecology, Kyoto, Japon.
  • Legal L and Jallon J-M (06/1993) Olfaction différentielle de Drosophila sechellia en fonction du stade d’avancement de sa plante-hôte (Morinda citrifolia) et essais sur différents produits isolés de ce fruit. 3èmes Journées du groupe "Interactions Insectes-Plantes" Lyon, France.
  • Legal L and Wink M (09/1998) Accumulation of cardiac glycosides and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in plants and specialized insects: genetic evidences for convergent evolution. Botanikertagung, (Congrès international de Botanique -organisation allemande-) Bremen, Allemagne.
  • Ricouart F and Legal L (10/2001) Paysage et Biodiversité. Conséquences d’une reterritorialisation du Piémont des Pyrénées Méditerranéennes. Colloque « Dynamique des paysages » : Influences anthropiques d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. VIIIeme Journées françaises de L’association Internationale pour l’écologie du Paysage. Rouen, France.
  • Crubézy E, Duchesne S, Staniazek L, Fabas G, Legal L, Keyser C, Ludes B and Midant-Reynes B (08/2003) Du monde des morts à l’histoire du peuplement de la vallée du Nil : La nécropole prédynastique d’Adaïma (Haute-Egypte, 3700-3000 av. J.-C.), GALF (Groupement des Archéologue de Langue Française), Marrakech, Morocco.
  • Luque C, Gers C, Wink M and Legal L (08/2003) Différenciation d’espèces proches de noctuelles (Lepidoptera) et caractérisation de la structure génétique de populations de Diarsia brunnea par ISSR. XXVth French Congress of Molecular Ecology (PPD), Toulouse, France.
  • Lopez E, Gers C and Legal L (08/2003) Différentiation moléculaire de populations de coléoptères commensaux de la marmotte des Alpes à l’aide du marqueur mitochondrial ND1. des résultats préliminaires. XXVth French Congress of Molecular Ecology (PPD), Toulouse, France.
  • Albre J and Legal L (11/2004) Utilisation des hydrocarbures cuticulaires comme marqueur phylogénétique chez le genre Erebia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). 1st meeting of the research group in Chemical Ecology (GDR 2877), Montpellier, France.
  • Legal L and Dorado O (12/2005) Uso de lepidopteros como marcadores ecologicos para evaluar el nivel de perturbacion anthropogenica. 3rd Congress of CEAMISH. Cuernavaca, Mexico.
  • Roux O, Van Baaren J, Gers C, Arvanitakis L, Bordat D and Legal L. (09/2006) Host-detection and host-recognition variability in Cotesia plutellae: possible origin of control failure in Plutella xylostella management? International Conference on Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids, Antibes, Juan les Pins, France.
  • Torres C, Osorio-Beristain M and Legal L (11/2006) Conducta de forrajeo en mariposas Nymphalidae en una selva seca. 1st Congreso de la SCME (Sociedad Cientifica Mexicana de Ecologia) Morelia, Michoacan, Mexique.
  • Toledo V, Dorado O, Corona A, Legal L, Mariano N, Arias D and Almonte J (11/2006) Interaccion entre Cryptokermes (Hemiptera, Margarodidae) con Acacia farnesiana (Mimosaceae): una fuente gratuita de carbohydrates ? 1st Congreso de la SCME (Sociedad Cientifica Mexicana de Ecologia) Morelia, Michoacan, Mexique.
  • Albre J Gers C and Legal L (06/2007) Warm period refuge theory: Why Pleistocene inter-glaciations were increasing biodiversity? International symposium of Systematics and Evolution. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Legal L, Albre J, Mariano N and Dorado O (11/2007) Aspectos ecologicos de la distribucion lacalizada de la mariposa primitiva Baronia brevicornis. 11th Congreso Mesoamericano para la biologia y la conservation. Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico.

Posters:

  • Legal L, Katz M and Jallon J-M (09/1989) Toxicity of Morinda citrifolia on D. melanogaster and related species. (Poster). 11th European Drosophila Research Conference. Marseille, France.
  • Legal L, Katz M and Jallon J-M (10/1989) Behavioral and chromosomal studies of the sensitivity of Drosophila to a poisonous host plant. (Poster). Neurobiology of Drosophila. Cold Spring Harbour, New York,USA.
  • Legal L, Katz M and Jallon J-M (08/1990) Toxicity of Morinda citrifolia on D. melanogaster and related species. (Poster). VIIth Annual Meeting of International Society of Chemical Ecology, Québec, Canada.
  • Legal L, Katz M, Chappe B and Jallon J-M (10/1990) Toxicity of Morinda citrifolia on D.melanogaster and related species. (Poster). 3rd European Symposium on Drosophila Neurogenetics, St Rémy, France.
  • Legal L, Pechine JM and Jallon J-M (07/1991) Cuticular hydrocarbons and sexual stimulation in the species D. mercatorum. (Poster). VIIIth Annual Meeting of International Society of Chemical Ecology. Dijon, France.
  • Wink M. and Legal L (02/1998) Sequestration of secondary metabolites in Lepidoptera : Evidence for convergent evolution inferred from sequences of mtDNA. Gordon Research Conference. Ventura CA, USA.
  • Theile V, Legal L and Wink M (02/1998) Nicotine insensitivity in Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Gordon Research Conference. Ventura CA, USA.
  • Wink M and Legal L (02/2001) Evidence for two genetically and chemically defined host races of Tyria jacobaeae (Arctiidae, Lepidoptera). Gordon Research conference. Ventura CA, USA.
  • Ricouart F, Le Caro P and Legal L (07/2001) Aménagements agro-sylvo-pastoraux et diversité végétale : suivi de 3 coupures de combustibles dans las Pyrénées-Orientales (France). VI Colloqui Internacional de Botànica pirenaico-cantàbrica à Barruera (Vall de Boi), Spain.
  • Roux O, Gers C, Bordat D and Legal L (08/2003) Lipides cuticulaires: Barrière de la reconaissance hôte-parasitoides. XXVth French Congress of Molecular Ecology (PPD), Toulouse, France.
  • Roux O, Gers C, Arvanitakis L, Bordat D and Legal L (07/2006) Host-detection and host-recognition variability in Cotesia plutellae: possible origin of control failure in Plutella xylostella management? 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE), Barcelona, Spain.

Invited conferences:

  • Legal L (1988) Conférence sur la faune lépidoptérique de Saô Tomé et Principe. Conférences mensuelles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. France.
  • Legal L (1990) Conférence sur les lépidoptères d’une haute vallée Alpine. Conférences mensuelles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. France.
  • Legal L (1990) Conférence sur les lépidoptères du genre Erebia en France, aspects biologiques et notions de protection. Conférences mensuelles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. France.
  • Legal L (1991) Conférence sur les Lycaenidae Européens et leurs relations avec les fourmis. Conférences mensuelles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. France.
  • Legal L (1994) Exemples de mécanismes de spéciation chez les lépidoptères. Conférences mensuelles du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. France.
  • Legal L and Wink M (08/2001) Tyria Jacobaeae: A case study from theoretical phylogenetic approach to field applied potentialities. Invited conference at CEPROBI/IPN, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Legal L and Wink M (08/2001) Tyria Jacobaeae: A case study from theoretical phylogenetic approach to field applied potentialities. Invited conference at ECOSUR, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
  • Legal L (08/2002) Biodiversidad de mariposas en el Estado de Morelos. Invited conference at CEPROBI/IPN, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Roux O, Gers C and Legal L (08/2002) Cuticular hydrocarbons as ontogenic and phylogenetic markers on necrophagous flies. Invited conference at CEPROBI/IPN, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Legal L (09/2005) Lepidopteros : aspectos de su sistematica, genetica de poblaciones y ecologia. Invited conference at CEAMISH/UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Albre J and Legal L (06/2006). Filogenia molecular de Erebia tyndarus (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), un grupo largamente discutido. Invited conference at CEAMISH/UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Legal L (04/2007) Adaptacion versus Evolucion: El caso de los metabolitos secudarios. Invited conference by Sociedad Mexicana de Biotecnologia y Bioingeniera. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Legal L (05/2007) La Biodiversidad, su riqueza, su conservacion: el ejemplo de las mariposas en la reserva de la biosfera de la Sierra de Huautla (Morelos). Invited conference by the Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Mexico.
  • Legal L and Dorado O (11/2007) La Biodiversidad, su riqueza, su conservacion: el ejemplo de las mariposas en la reserva de la biosfera de la Sierra de Huautla (Morelos). El caso de Baronia brevicornis. Invited conference by the Indian community and town hall of Tlaquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico.

Reports:

  • Legal L (1993) La famille des Lycaenidae de France et les espèces myrmécophiles. Bulletin N°4 des lépidoptéristes Parisiens, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.
  • Legal L (1995) Ouvrage collectif (article sur les papillons) : Un patrimoine à protéger : le domaine de Gif sur Yvette, Club CNRS Nature.
  • Legal L (1995/96) Inventaire complet des Rhopalocères de Haute-Savoie, biologie, répartitions et mesures de protections (réalisé pour le compte des réserves naturelles de Haute-Savoie, 43 pages + addendum de 23 pages en 1996).
  • Legal L (2002/04) Coordinateur de l’inventaire complet des Rhopalocères de Midi-Pyrénées. Réalisé pour la DIREN. Rendu sur support informatique.
  • Albre J, Gers C, Pelissié C and Legal L (2008). Le genre Erebia Dalman, 1816 (Lepidoptera) de la region Midi-Pyrénées: Conservation et endémisme. 110pp. DIREN Midi-Pyrénées/FEDER Union Européenne.

Patents:

Legal L (NIGIKO S.A.) (1991) Fractions enrichies en acides gras, extraites de Morinda et compositions insecticides contenant lesdites fractions et/ou acides gras. BREVET INDUSTRIEL N° 52349 B, 8 Mars 1991. Fatty acid rich fractions extracted from fruit used as insecticides against drosophila, ants and cockroaches. Patent Number(s): FR2673639-A; FR2673639-A1. Assignee: NIGIKO SA Inventor(s): LEGAL L

Reviewer:

African Journal of Aquatic Science, BIOTICA (Mexican Journal), Current Microbiology, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal of Fish Biology, Medical & Veterinary Entomology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (regularly), Natural Environment Research Council (grants/projects).