Jakub
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Behaviour, ecology, evolution and phylogeny of bees (cleptoparasitic bees, solitary bees), taxonomy and ecology of crabronid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and behaviour, ecology, evolution and phylogeny of Strepsiptera (Stylopidae, Xenidae).
Phylogeny, systematics and evolution of cleptoparasitic bees revealed by DNA sequences and larval and adult morphology (Aidae, Megachilidae and Halictidae).
Host manipulation and host specialization in Strepsiptera.
Nesting behaviour of solitary bees.
System and Phylogeny of Invertebrates (practices, field trip)
Basic course of Entomology (practices)
Terrestrial Ecosystems (field trips)
Biology of social insects (lecrtures)
System and phylogeny of insects II (Lepidoptera, Mecopteroidea, Strepsiptera)
Straka J. 2000: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 109. Hymenoptera: Aculeata. Klapalekiana 36: 181-183.
Straka J. & Farkač J. 2002: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 155. Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apoidea, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea. Klapalekiana 38: 261-262.
Straka J. 2003: Včely a evoluce barev květů. [Bees and the evolution of blossom colours.] Vesmír 82: 507-509, 512 (in Czech).
Straka J. 2003: Molecular phylogeny of the bees – preparing of methods and material for diploma thesis. In: Zettel H. & Schödl S. (eds.): Bericht über die Fachtagung 'Wildbienen: Faunistik – Ökologie – Naturschutz' im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, 11. - 13. Juni 2003. Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik 4: 134-160.
Bogusch P., Straka J & Srba M. 2004: O kutilce z botanické zahrady. Živa 2004(3): 121-122 (in Czech).
Straka J., Bogusch P., Tyrner P. & Vepřek D. 2004: New important faunistic records of Hymenoptera (Chrysidoidea, Apoidea, Vespoidea) from the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana 40: 143-153.
Straka J. 2004: Tachysphex austriacus Kohl, restored from synonymy, and T. pompiliformis Panzer (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae), two sibling species. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 1107-1114.
Straka J. 2005: A review of the genus Tachysphex (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Turkey, with descriptions of four new species. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 69: 247-276.
Batelka J. & Straka J. 2005: Výskyt Xenos vesparum a Pseudoxenos heydeni (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) v České republice (Occurence of Xenos vesparum and Pseudoxenos heydeni (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) in the Czech Republic). Klapalekiana 41: 1-9 (in Czech, English summary).
Batelka J. & Straka J. 2005: Several records of Xenidae and Stylopidae from the West Palaearctic region (Strepsiptera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 403-406.
Bogusch P., Straka J. & Mikát M. 2006: Žahadloví blanokřídlí (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea) přírodní památky Na Plachtě v Hradci Králové (Aculeate Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea) of the Nature Monument „Na Plachtě“ in Hradec Králové). Acta Musei Reginaehradecensis S. A. 31: 127-134 (in Czech, English summary).
Dvořák L., Smetana V., Straka J. & Deván P. 2006: Present distribution of the paper wasp Polistes bischoffi WEYRAUCH 1937 in the Czech Reublic and in Slovakia with notes to its spreading (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 38: 533-539.
Straka J., Malenovský I. & Batelka J. 2006: The genus Halictoxenos (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Acta Musei Moraviae, Sci. Biol. 91: 69-82.
Bogusch P., Kratochvíl L. & Straka J. 2006: Generalist cleptoparasitic bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodes) are species-specialist at the individual level. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 422-429.
Bogusch P., Straka J., Kment P. (eds.): Annotated checklist of the Aculeata (Hymenoptera) of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Komentovaný seznam žahadlových blanokřídlých (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) České republiky a Slovenska. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Supplementum 11: 1-300 (in English and Czech).
Straka J. & Bogusch P. 2007: Phylogeny of the bees of the family Apidae based on larval characters with focus on the origin of cleptoparasitism (Hymenoptera: Apiformes). Systematic Entomology 32: 700-711.
Straka J. & Bogusch P. 2007: Description of immature stages of cleptoparasitic bees Epeoloides coecutiens and Leiopodus trochantericus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Osirini, Protepeolini) with remarks to their unusual biology. Entomologica Fennica 18: 242-254.
Rozen J. G. Jr., Straka J. & Rezkova K. 2009: Oocytes, Larvae, and Cleptoparasitic Behavior of Biastes emarginatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae: Biastini). American Museum Novitates 3667: 1-15.
Čeřovský V., Buděšínský M., Hovorka O., Cvačka J., Voburka Z., Slaninová J., Borovičková L., Fučík V., Bednárová L., Votruba I. & Straka J. 2009: Lasioglossins: Three Novel Antimicrobial Peptides from the Venom of the Eusocial Bee Lasioglossum laticeps (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). ChemBioChem 10: 2089-2099.
Killer J., Kopečný J., Mrázek J., Rada V., Benada O., Koppová I., Havlík J. & Straka J. 2009: Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov., from the bumblebee digestive tract. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59: 2020-2024.
Monincová L., Buděšínský M., Slaninová J., Hovorka O., Cvačka J., Voburka Z., Fučík V., Borovičková L., Bednárová L., Straka J. & Čeřovský V. 2010: Novel antimicrobial peptides from the venom of the eusocial bee Halictus sexcinctus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) and their analogs. Amino Acids 39: 763-775.
Cardinal S., Straka J. & Danforth B. N. 2010: Comprehensive phylogeny of apid bees reveals the evolutionary origins and antiquity of cleptoparasitism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 16207-16211.
Macek J., Straka J., Bogusch P., Dvořák L., Bezděčka P. & Tyrner P. 2010: Blanokřídlí České republiky I. – žahadloví. Academia, Praha, 520 pp.
Straka J. 2010: Jsou řasníci stále záhadní? Živa 58: 225-226.
Straka J., Rezkova K., Batelka J. & Kratochvíl L. 2011: Early nest emergence of females parasitised by Strepsiptera in protandrous bees (Hymenoptera Andrenidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 23: 97-109.
Batelka J. & Straka J. 2011: Ripiphorus caboverdianus sp. nov.—the first ripiphorid record from the Macaronesian volcanic islands (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae). Zootaxa 2792: 51-62.
Straka J. & Bogusch P. 2011 Contribution to the taxonomy of the Hylaeus gibbus species group in Europe (Hymenoptera, Apoidea and Colletidae). Zootaxa 2932: 51-67.