Frédéric LEGENDRE
Maître de Conférences
Collection manager
Lecturer
Affiliation entity
Evolution fonctionnelle et Taxonomie (EvoFoncT)
Researches
Accreditation to supervise research
Speciality
Phylogénie, Evolution, Diversification, Socialité, Entomologie
Contact
Social networks
Site(s) web
E-mail
frederic.legendre [at] mnhn.fr
legendre [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
01 40 79 81 26
Address(es)
45 rue Buffon
CP50
75005 Paris
Responsibilities inside unit
Responsabilités actuelles :
- Responsable de l’équipe Evolution Fonctionnelle et Taxonomie (2014-)
- Représentant de l’ED 227 pour l’ISYEB (2024-)
Responsabilités passées :
- Membre élu puis nommé du conseil d’unité (2005-2007; 2013-2018)
Responsibilities outside unit
Responsabilités actuelles :
- Co-responsable du parcours Systématique, Evolution, Paléontologie (SEP) co-habilité MNHN-SU
- Section Editor de European Journal of Taxonomy
- Subject Editor de Zookeys
Responsabilités passeés :
- Membre de deux comités ATM au MNHN (2013-2020)
- Membre du conseil de la Société Française de Systématique (2012-2015)
Collections
Chargé de conservation des collections de Dictyoptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Mecoptera et Psocodea (2008-)
Drawer demonstrating the morphological diversity of cockroaches flanked by collection drawers of Mantodea and Mecoptera
Teaching
Responsabilité
- Co-responsable avec R. Allain du parcours Systématique, Evolution, Paléontologie (Master BEE / SEP) (2015-)
- Co-responsable avec R. Nattier de l’UE Taxonomie et Phylogénie (SEP - 9 ECTS) (2024-)
Enseignements
- Master Biodiversité Ecologie Evolution / SEP : Phylogénie probabiliste (M1 et M2 ; 2008-)
- Master Ethologie / Comportement Animal et Humain (CAH) : Comportement et Phylogénie (M2 ; 2018-)
Graduate students
- Barbara Bignon (PhD fellow, 2024 - ) : Mutual insights from ethology and physics on the burial of insects in a granular medium - co-direction avec Baptiste Darbois-Texier.
- Ancheng Peng (PhD fellow, 2023 - ) : Phylogenetics and evolution of Dermaptera and Grylloblattodea
- Manuel Brazidec (PhD fellow, 2021 - ) : Impact des optimums climatiques sur l’évolution des entomofaunes: le cas des guêpes chrysidoïdes - co-direction avec Vincent Perrichot.
- Corentin Jouault (PhD fellow, 2021 - 2024) : Impact des interactions biotiques et des changements paléo-environnementaux sur la diversification des Neuropterida - co-direction avec Vincent Perrichot et Fabien Condamine.
- Juliette Berger (PhD fellow, 2020 - 2024) : Socialité et convergences évolutives: apport des données écomorphologiques et transcriptomiques - co-direction avec Philippe Grandcolas.
- Julien Malem (PhD fellow, 2019 - 2023) : Apports de la géologie dans l’analyse biogéographique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - co-direction avec Tony Robillard et Dominique Cluzel.
- Thomas Schubnel (PhD fellow, 2018 - 2021) : Evolution et homologie des ailes chez les insectes - co-direction avec André Nel et Laure Desutter.
- Dominic Evangelista (NSF post-doctoral fellow, 2016-2018) : Phylogenomics and diversification in Blaberoidea. Co-advisor with Akito Kawahara.
- Julien Troudet (PhD fellow, 2014 - 2017) : Latitudinal Diveristy Gradient : the message of systematics through the biodiveristy databases - co-direction with Régine Vignes-Lebbe.
- Sandra Goutte (PhD fellow, 2010 - 2014) : Adaptations to noisy torrent environments in frogs : combining morphological, eco-ethological and phylogenetic approaches - co-direction with Alain Dubois.
Undergraduate students (M2)
- Barbara Bignon (2023 - Master 2 - co-direction with Raphaël Cornette and Arnaud Delapré)
- Thibaud Glinez (2022 - Master 2 - co-direction with Rosa Fernandez)
- Hadrien Jouanne (2019 - Master 2 - co-direction with Rodolphe Rougerie)
- Thomas Schubnel (2018 - Master 2 - co-direction with André Nel)
- Julien Malem (2018 - Master 2 - co-direction with Tony Robillard)
- France Thouzé (2016 - Master 2 Labex BCDiv- co-direction with Philippe Lopez)
- Augustin Lafond (2014 - Master 2 - co-direction with Tony Robillard)
Presentation
Presentation
My research deals with the evolution of insects. I reconstruct phylogenies before using them as a historical reference to test evolutionary hypotheses. Following this phylogenetic approach, I investigate the evolution of social behavior in termites and cockroaches (Insecta : Dictyoptera), test biogeographic and diversification hypotheses, and study the ecomorphology of cockroaches.
Research interests
Nasutitermitinae, Soldiers and workers in Singapore
Credits
© MNHN
1. Social evolution in cockroaches and termites
In collaboration with E. Bornberg-Bauer (University of Münster, Germany), this project is supported by ANR and DFG. The PhD project of Juliette Berger is instrumental for this project.
Credits
Frédéric Legendre
2. Ecomorphology and burrowing in granular substrate
The aim of Barbara Bignon’s PhD project is to establish a new dialogue between the physics of granular media (soil, sand, etc.) and behavioral observations of burrowing cockroaches, in order to address fundamental questions about the biology and physics of movement in granular environments for these insects.
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3. Factors of diversification in Insects
Combining tip-dating and diversification analyses, Corentin Jouault and Manuel Brazidec (Phd students) want to decipher the factors that have driven the diversification of insects.
4. Systematics of Blattodea
A. Phenacisma peltata Karsch, 1896 B. Perisphaerus flexicollis (Walker, 1868) C. Rhabdoblatta pluriramosa (Karny, 1915)
Grants
- ANR-DFG PRCI SocioGenomics (226,700 € ANR + 196,200 € DFG) - 2020-2024.
- Action Transversale du MNHN (25,000 €) - 2011-2018.
- Lavoisier Grant (18,000 €), Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, December 2007 - December 2008.
- Rosen Price (500 $), 3rd best student oral presentation, Hennig XXV, Oaxaca (Mexico), 2006.
- Marie Stopes Student Travel Award (500 $) in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
- Travel Grant from Paris Doctoral School ED 392 (1,000 €) in 2006 and 2007
- PhD Grant, Ministère de l’Education nationale, de la Recherche et des Technologies, October 2004 - September 2007.
- Master 2 Grant, Ministère de l’Education nationale, de la Recherche et des Technologies, October 2003 - June 2004.
Dans les media
Brut (2024) : Le fascinant cannibalisme sexuel des mantes
France Culture (2020) : Des insectes et des hommes : s’organiser et cohabiter
Zeste de Sciences (2019) : Faut-il être mignon pour survivre ?
Arte Snapschat (2019) : Faut-il sauver les pandas ?
France Info (2019) : Pourquoi les animaux moches sont plus menacés que les autres ?
The Conversation (2018) : Quand l’oiseau fait de l’ombre à l’insecte
RFI (2017) : Nouvelle-Calédonie : des scientifiques pour la protection de la biodiversité
Sciences & Vie (2016) : Comment les cafards peuvent-ils résister aux radiations des essais nucléaires ?
ARTE (2013) : L’odyssée papoue
Wapiti (2011) : La reproduction chez les insectes
CV
legendre_cv_2021.pdf
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Research fields
- Australia 2019. Collecting Blattidae in Queensland.
- New Caledonia 2016-2017. Our Planet Reviewed. Study of cockroach communitues and micro-endemism.
- French Guiana 2015. Our Planet Reviewed. Collecting Orthopteroid Insects in Mitaraka.
- Philippines 2014. Collecting Blaberidae and Blattidae cockroaches.
- United States 2013. Collecting in Virginia (Jefferson National Forest).
- Papua New Guinea 2012. Our Planet Reviewed, IBISCA Niugini. Collecting Orthopteroid Insects along an altitudinal transect on Mount Wilhelm.
- New-Caledonia 2010. Rapid Assessment Program (Conservation International) on Mount Panié. In charge of Orthopteroïd Insects.
- Indonesia 2010. Study of cockroach communities with emphasis on Perisphaerus sp. (Blaberidae : Perisphaeriinae).
- Singapore 2009. Collecting cockroaches with a special emphasis on the subsocial species Perisphaerus flexicollis (Blaberidae : Perisphaeriinae).
- United States 2008. Field observations and collecting of Tylopelta gibbera (Hemiptera : Membracidae) in Missouri.
- French Guyana 2006. Study of cockroach communities on Kaw Mountain.
Publications
2024
- , April 2024 — « Bayesian modelling approaches clarify the evolutionary timing and diversification patterns of Hymenoptera » in Article de colloque - 9th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber.. Understanding the origins and macroevolutionary trajectories of lineages is central in evolutionary biology. The insect order… , ,
- , March 2024 — The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution buffered ants against extinction. With ~14,000 extant species, ants are ubiquitous and of tremendous ecological importance. They have undergone remarkable… Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 121, n° 13, e2317795121 Publisher: National Academy of Sciences tex.hal_id: insu-04501144 tex.hal_version: v1ISSN0027-8424, 1091-6490
- , 2024 — Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites. Nature Communications vol. 15, n° 1, p. 6724ISSN2041-1723
- , 2024 — Reply to Vermeij: Challenges and opportunities in macroevolution. The convergence of advances in phylogenetics, fossil discoveries, and bioinformatic tools has opened exciting avenues in… Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 121, n° 26, e2408795121 ISBN: 0027-8424 Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Type: 10.1073/pnas.2408795121ISSN0027-8424, 1091-6490
- , 2024 — Early colonization of New Caledonia by ultrasonic crickets from New Guinea (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae): Historical biogeography and description of a new genus. Systematic Entomology , , syen.12656ISSN0307-6970, 1365-3113
- , 2024 — Semi-aquatic Epilamprinae cockroaches (Blattodea: Blaberidae) in Cameroon: towards a revision of continental African species of Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903 and Africalolampra Roth, 1995. European Journal of Taxonomy vol. 946, ,ISSN2118-9773
2023
- , June 2023 — Origins of old lineages in New Caledonia: A geologically informed test of the islandhopping hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography vol. 50, n° 9, p. 1587-1601 tex.earlyaccessdate: JUN 2023 tex.eissn: 1365-2699 tex.unique-id: WOS:001019467500001ISSN0305-0270, 1365-2699
- , 2023 — Diversity and phylogeny of the extinct wasp subfamily Lancepyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) revealed by mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Lancepyrinae are an extinct subfamily of Bethylidae known exclusively from Cretaceous amber deposits of Lebanon, Spain,… Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny vol. 81, , p. 345-369 Publisher: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungISSN1863-7221
- , 2023 — Phylogenomics and deep convergence in cockroach hind-wing morphology. Abstract Despite regular advances in Blattodea systematics, several relationships remain controversial or untested in formal… Organisms Diversity & Evolution vol. 23, n° 4, p. 929-940ISSN1439-6092, 1618-1077
- , 2023 — An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 3: the Blattidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie vol. 130, n° 1, p. 77-88 Publisher: Muséum d’histoire naturelle tex.hal_id: mnhn-04172951 tex.hal_version: v1