
Vedoucí, Laboratoř aphidologie
Blanokřídlí parazitoidi mšic (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae). Biosystematika, bionomie, zoogeografie, ekologie, tritrofické asociace (parazitoid-mšice-rostlina), vztahy s mravenci, refugia, ekosystémy, agroekosystémy, Gm plodiny, invazní škůdci, ochrana přírody, biologická ochrana (svět).
Havelka J.,Tomanović Ž., Kavallieratos N,G., Rakhashani E., Pons X., Petrović A., Pike K.S., Starý P. (2012) Review and key to the world parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Aphis ruborum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its role as a host reservoir Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 105: 386-394.
Laamari M., Chaouche S. T., Halimi C. W., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Khenissa N., Starý P. (2012) A review of aphid parasitoids and their associations in Algeria (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) African Entomology 20: 161-170.
Zamora Mejías D., Hanson P. E., Starý P., Rakhshani E. (2011) Parasitoid (Hym., Braconidae, Aphidiinae) complex of the black citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricidus (Kirkaldy) (Hem., Aphididae) in Costa Rica and its relationships to nearby areas J. Entomol. Res. Soc. 13: 107-115.
Pons X., Lumbierres B., Antoni R., Starý P. (2011) Parasitoid complex of alfalfa aphids in an IPM intensive crop system in northern Catalonia J. Pest Sci. 84: 437-445.
Kos K., Petrović A., Starý P., Kavallieratos N.G., Ivanović A., Toševski I., Jakše J., Tridan S., Tomanović Ž. (2011) On the identity of cereal aphid parasitoid wasps Aphidius uzbekistanicus, Aphidius rhopalosiphi, and Aphidius avenaphis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae. Aphidiinae) by examination of COI mitochondrial gene, geometric morphometrics and morphology Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 104: 1221-1232.