Mikát M., Janošík L., Černá K., Matoušková E., Hadrava J., Bureš V. & Straka J. 2019: Polyandrous bee provides extended offspring care biparentally as an alternative to monandry based eusociality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116: 6238–6243.

Schmid‐Egger C., Straka J., Ljubomirov T., Blagoev G.A., Morinière J. & Schmidt S. 2019. DNA barcodes identify 99 per cent of apoid wasp species (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae) from the Western Palearctic. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 476–484.

Benda D., Nakase Y. & Straka J. 2019: Frozen Antarctic path for dispersal initiated parallel host-parasite evolution on different continents. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135: 67–77.

Schmid-Egger C. & Straka J. 2019. Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe. Zootaxa 4571: 334–346.

Straka J. 2019: Strepsiptera of Canada. ZooKeys 819: 377–382.

Polce C., Maes J., Rotllan-Puig X., Michez D., Castro L., Cederberg B., Dvorak L., Fitzpatrick Ú., Francis F., Neumayer J., Manino A., Paukkunen J.P.T., Pawlikowski T., Roberts S.P.M., Straka J. & Rasmont P. 2018: Distribution of bumblebees across Europe. One Ecosystem 3: e28143.

Talašová A., Straka J., Hadrava J., Benda D., Kocourek F. & Kazda J. 2018: High degree of philopatry is required for mobile insects used as local indicators in biodiversity studies. Ecological Indicators 94: 99–103.

Marshall L., Biesmeijer J.C., Rasmont P., Vereecken N.J., Dvorak L., Fitzpatrick U., Francis F., Neumayer J., Ødegaard F., Paukkunen J.P.T., Pawlikowski T., Reemer M., Roberts S.P.M., Straka J., Vray S. & Dendoncker N. 2018: The interplay of climate and land use change affects the distribution of EU bumblebees. Global Change Biology 24: 101–116.

Černá K., Munclinger P., Vereecken N.J. & Straka J. 2017: Mediterranean lineage endemism, cold-adapted palaeodemographic dynamics and recent changes in population size in two solitary bees of the genus Anthophora. Conservation Genetics 18: 521–538.

Straka J., Batelka J. & Pauly A. 2017: Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57: 183–219.

Mikat M., Cerna K. & Straka J. 2016: Major benefits of guarding behavior in subsocial bees: implications for social evolution. Ecology and Evolution 6(19): 6784-6797. 10.1002/ece3.2387

Nesuta O., Hexnerova R., Budesinsky M., Slaninova J., Bednarova L., Hadravova R., Straka J., Veverka V. & Cerovsky V. 2016: Antimicrobial peptide from the wild bee Hylaeus signatus venom and its analogues: structure-activity study and synergistic effect with antibiotics. Journal of Natural Products 79(4): 1073-1083. 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01129

Straka J. 2016: Tachysphex austriacus Kohl, 1892 and T. pompiliformis (Panzer, 1804) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) are a complex of fourteen species in Europe and Turkey. ZooKeys 577: 63-123. 10.3897/zookeys.577.7301

Tropek R., Cerna I., Straka J., Kocarek P., Malenovsky I., Tichanek F., Sebek P. 2016: In search for a compromise between biodiversity conservation and human health protection in restoration of fly ash deposits: effect of anti-dust treatments on five groups of arthropods. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23(14): 13653-13660. DOI:10.1007/s11356-015-4382-1

Straka J., Alqarni A. S., Jůzová K., Hannan M. A. Hinojosa-Díaz I.A. & Engel M.S. 2015: Rediscovered parasitism of Andrena savignyi Spinola (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) by Stylops (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) and revised taxonomic status of the parasite. ZooKeys 519: 117-139.

Özbek H., Bogusch P. & Straka J. 2015: A contribution to the kleptoparasitic bees of Turkey: Part I., the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 1095-1109.

Bogusch P., Astapenková A., Heneberg P. 2015: Larvae and Nests of Six Aculeate Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) Nesting in Reed Galls Induced by Lipara spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) with a Review of Species Recorded. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130802.

Bogusch P., Blažej L., Trýzna M., Heneberg P. 2015: Forgotten role of fires in Central European forests: Critical importance of early post-fire successional stages for bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). European Journal of Forest Research 18: 1123-1136.

Straka J., Jůzová K., Nakase Y. 2015: Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Stylops (Strepsiptera): an annotated preliminary world checklist. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 305-332.

Bartoš M., Tropek R., Spitzer L., Padyšáková E., Janšta P., Straka J., Tkoč M., Janeček Š. 2015: Specialization of pollination systems of two co-flowering phenotypically generalized Hypericum species (Hypericaceae) in Cameroon. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 9: 241-252. DOI:10.1007/s11829-015-9378-8

Jůzová K., Nakase Y. & Straka J. 2015: Host specialization and species diversity in the genus Stylops (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae), revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(2): 228-243. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12233

Cujova S., Bednarova L., Slaninova J., Straka J. & Cerovsky V. 2014: Interaction of a novel antimicrobial peptide isolated from the venom of solitary bee Colletes daviesanus with phospholipid vesicles and Escherichia coli cells. Journal of Peptide Science 20(11): 885-895. DOI: 10.1002/psc.2681

Heneberg P., Bogusch P. 2014: To enrich or not to enrich? Are there any benefits of using multiple colors of pan traps when sampling aculeate Hymenoptera? Journal of Insect Conservation
134: 153-166.

Heneberg P., Bogusch P., Astapenková A. 2014: Reed galls serve as an underestimated but critically important resource for an assemblage of aculeate hymenopterans. Biological Conservation 172: 146–154.

Monincova L., Veverka V., Slaninova J., Budesinsky M., Fucik V., Bednarova L., Straka J. & Cerovsky V. 2014: Structure-activity study of macropin, a novel antimicrobial peptide from the venom of solitary bee Macropis fulvipes ( Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Journal of Peptide Science 20(6): 375-384. DOI: 10.1002/psc.2625

Straka J., Jůzová K. & Batelka J. 2014: A new genus of Strepsiptera, Rozenia gen. n. (Stylopidae), a parasite of bee genera Acamptopoeum and Calliopsis (Andrenidae, Panurginae, Calliopsini). ZooKeys 442: 31-49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.442.7747

Tropek R., Cerna I., Straka J. Kadlec T., Pech P., Tichanek F. & Sebek P. 2014: Restoration management of fly ash deposits crucially influence their conservation potential for terrestrial arthropods. Ecological Engineering 73: 45–52. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.011

Straka J., Černá K., Macháčková L., Zemenová M. & Keil P. 2014: Lifespan in the wild: the role of activity and climate in natural populations of bees. Functional Ecology 28(5): 1235-1234. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12261

Řehoř I., Macháčková L., Bučánková A., Matějková S., Černá K. & Straka J. 2014: Measuring the sugar consumption of larvae in bumblebee micro-colonies: A promising new method for tracking food economics in bees. Apidologie 45(1) 116-128. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0233-6

Černá K., Zemenová M., Macháčková L., Kolínová Z. & Straka J. 2013: Neighbourhood society: nesting dynamics, usurpations and social behaviour in solitary bees. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73806. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0073806

Tropek, R., Cerna, I., Straka, J., Cizek, O. & Konvicka, M. 2013: Is coal combustion the last chance for vanishing insects of inland drift sand dunes in Europe? Biological Conservation 162: 60–64. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.03.027

Habermannová J., Bogusch P. & Straka J. 2013: Flexible host choice and common host switches in the evolution of generalist and specialist cuckoo bees (Anthophila: Sphecodes). PLoS ONE 8(5): e64537. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064537

Heneberg P., Bogusch P., Řehounek J. 2013: Sandpits provide critical refuge for bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita). Journal of Insect Conservation 17: 473-490.

Horák J., Peltanová A., Podávková A., Šafářová L., Bogusch P., Romportl D., Zasadil P. 2013: Biodiversity responses to land use in traditional fruit orchards of a rural agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 178: 71-77.

Lagoutte R., Šebesta P., Jiroš P., Kalinová B., Jirošová A., Straka J., Černá K., Šobotník J., Cvačka J. & Jahn U. 2013: Total Synthesis, Proof of Absolute Configuration, and Biosynthetic Origin of Stylopsal, the First Isolated Sex Pheromone of Strepsiptera. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013(19): 8515–8524.

Netíková L., Bogusch P., Heneberg P. 2013: Czech Ethanol-Free Propolis Extract Displays Inhibitory Activity against a Broad Spectrum of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens. Journal of Food Science 78:  M1421-M1429.

Černá K., Straka J. & Munclinger P. 2013: Population structure of pioneer specialist solitary bee Andrena vaga (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in central Europe: the effect of habitat fragmentation or evolutionary history? Conservation Genetics 14(4): 875–883. DOI 10.1007/s10592-013-0482-y

Čujová S., Slaninová J., Monincová L., Fučík V., Bednárová L., Štokrová J., Hovorka O., Voburka Z., Straka J. & Čeřovský, V. 2013: Panurgines, novel antimicrobial peptides from the venom of communal bee Panurgus calcaratus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Amino Acids, 45: 143-157. Available from: http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-013-1482-4 (March 18, 2013).

Ćetković A., Mokrousov M. V., Plećaš M., Bogusch P., Antić D., Dorović-Jovanović L., Krpo-Ćetković J., Karaman M. 2012: Status of the potentially invasive Asian species Sceliphron deforme in Europe, and an update on the distribution of S. curvatum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Acta entomologica serbica, 16: 91-114.

Cvačka J., Jiroš P., Kalinová B., Straka J., Černá K., Šebesta P., Tomčala A., Vašíčková S., Jahn U. & Šobotník J. 2012: Stylopsal: The First Identified Female-produced Sex Pheromone of Strepsiptera. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(12): 1483-1491.

Straka J. & Engel M. S. 2012: The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 218: 77–109.

Straka J. & Rozen J. G. Jr. 2012: First observations on nesting and immatures of the bee genus Ancyla (Apoidea: Apidae: Apinae: Ancylaini). American Museum Novitates 3749: 1-24.

Bogusch P. & Straka J. 2012: Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes). Zootaxa 3311: 1-41.

Černá K. & Straka J. 2012: Identification of 37 microsatellite loci for Anthophora plumipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using next generation sequencing and their utility in related species. European Journal of Entomology 109: 155-160.

Rezkova, K., Žáková M., Žáková Z. & Straka J. 2012: Analysis of nesting behavior based on daily observation of Andrena vaga (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 25: 24-47.

Bogusch P., Straka J., Macek J., Dvořák L., Vepřek D. & Říha M. 2011: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 310. Hymenoptera: Apocrita. Klapalekiana 47: 91-99.

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.

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., 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.

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.

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.

Bogusch P. & Schlaghamerský J. 2010: Aphid secretions – an alternative glycid source for Sphecodes (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) cuckoo bees. Entomologia Generalis 32: 237-241.

Bogusch P., Vepřek D., Udržal R., Dvořák L. & Straka J. 2009: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 283. Hymenoptera: Apocrita. Klapalekiana 45: 247-254.

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.

Dvořák L., Bogusch P. & Smetana V. 2009: Žahadloví blanokřídlí (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea a Apoidea) Národní přírodní rezervace Králický Sněžník – výsledky monitoringu s použitím Malaiseho pastí. Acta Musei Beskidensis 1: 79-88.

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). ChemBioChem10: 2089-2099.

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.

Straka J. 2008: Tachysphex stysi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae) from Central Asia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48: 691-696.

Straka J., Janšta P., Farkač J. & Vrabec V. 2008: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 268. Hymenoptera: Apocrita. Klapalekiana 44: 299-301.

Bogusch P. 2008: Passaloecus monilicornis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) nesting in an artificial nest.bembiX 26 : 3-7.

Dvořák L., Bogusch P., Melenovský I., Bezděčka P., Bezděčková K., Holý K., Liška P., Macek J., Roller L., Říha M., Smetana V., Straka J. & Šima P. 2008: Hymenoptera of Hády Hill, near the city of Brno (Czech Republic), collected during the Third Czech-Slovak Hymenoptera meeting. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 93: 53–-92.

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.

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.

Bogusch P., Straka J., Kment P. (eds.) 2007: 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, Supplementum11: 1-300 (in English and Czech).

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.

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.

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.

Bogusch P. 2006: The velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Czech Republic and Slovakia: an identification key and annotated checklist. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 91: 103-148.

Lukáš J., Bogusch P. & Liška P. 2006: Distribution of Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Moravia and Slovakia with notes on the invasion to the antropogenous localities. Linzer Biologische Beitraege 38: 521-528.

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. 2005: Biology of the cleptoparasitic bee Epeoloides coecutiens (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Osirini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78: 1-12.

Bogusch P. 2005: Distribution and biology of Coelioxys alata (Förster, 1853) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Megachilidae). Klapalekiana 41: 139-143.

Bogusch P., Liška P., Lukáš J. & Dudich A. 2005: Extension and present knowledge on the distribution of the invasive sphecid wasp Sceliphron curvatum (Smith, 1870) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Linzer Biologische Beitraege 37: 215-221.

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.

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., Bogusch P., Tyrner P. & Vepřek D. 2004: New important faunistic records of Hymenoptera (Chrysidoidea, Apoidea, Vespoidea) from the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana 40: 143-153.

Bogusch P. 2003: Hosts, foraging behaviour and distribution of six species of cleptoparasitic bees of the subfamily Anthophorinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Acta Societatis Zoologiceae Bohemiae 67: 65-70.

Straka J. & Farkač J. 2002: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 155. Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apoidea, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea. Klapalekiana 38: 261-262.

Straka J. 2000: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic – 109. Hymenoptera:Aculeata. Klapalekiana36: 181-183.