Karaman, C.; Aktaç, N.; Kiran, K. 2011. Ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Kaz Mountains, Turkey, with descriptions of sexuals of Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894 and Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920. Turkish Journal of Zoology 35:183-197. PDF

Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548:1-38. PDF

Karaman, C. 2012. Camponotus ruseni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a putative second parasitic species of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (4):309-317. PDF

Karaman, C. 2013. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) aktaci C. Karaman, new species. Pp. 37-42 in: Karaman, C.; Aktaç, N. 2013. Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86 (1):36-56. PDF

Karaman, C.; Aktaç, N. 2013. Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86 (1):36-56. PDF

Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2014. First records of Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bulgaria and Turkey. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 66(4):571-574. PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Aksoy, V.; Camlitepe, Y. 2015. First record of the South European rare parasitic ant species Camponotus universitatis Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Asia. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 17(1):45-49. PDF

Bračko, G.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2016. Survey of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Greek Thrace. Biodiversity Data Journal 4 (e7945):1-44. 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7945 PDF

Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Aksoy, V. 2017. Two new species of the “ultimate” parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic. Myrmecological News 25:145-155. PDF

Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2017. Teleutomyrmex seiferti new species attributed to Kiran and Karaman. Pp. 148-151 in: Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Aksoy, V. 2017. Two new species of the “ultimate” parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic. Myrmecological News 25:145-155. PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Aksoy, V.; Çamiltepe, Y. 2017. A new species of the genus Camponotus (Mayr) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41:998-1004. 10.3906/zoo-1704-20 PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K. 2017a. First record of Carebara oertzeni Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the European part of Turkey with worker description. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41:638-644. 10.3906/zoo-1604-39 PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K. 2017b. [New species Camponotus praegracilis attributed to Karaman & Kiran]. Pp. 999-1002 in: Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Aksoy, V.; Çamiltepe, Y. 2017. A new species of the genus Camponotus (Mayr) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41:998-1004. PDF

Wagner, H. C.; Karaman, C.; Askoy, V.; Kiran, K. 2018. A mixed colony of Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927 and the putative social parasite Tetramorium aspina sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 28:25-33. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_028:025 PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K. 2018. New tramp ant species for Turkey: Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 19 (1):51-54. [online early] 10.23902/trkjnat.340008 PDF

Salata, S.; Loss, A. C.; Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Borowiec, L. 2019. Review of the Camponotus kiesenwetteri group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Aegean with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 899:85-107. 10.3897/zookeys.899.46933 PDF

Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18):285-329. 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18 PDF

Salata, S.; Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Borowiec, L. 2021. Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 71:297-343. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008 PDF

Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Heinze, J. 2021. First record of the inquiline ant Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965 from Turkey. Sociobiology 68 (3):e7224, 7 pp. [online early] 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.7224 PDF

Degueldre, F.; Mardulyn, P.; Kuhn, A.; Pinel, A.; Karaman, C.; Lebas, C.; Schifani, E.; Bračko, G.; Wagner, H. C.; Kiran, K.; Borowiec, L.; Passera, L.; Abril, S.; Espadaler, X.; Aron, S. 2021. Evolutionary history of inquiline social parasitism in Plagiolepis ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155:107016, 6 pp. [online early] 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107016 PDF

Csősz, S.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A. 2022. A striking color variation is detected in Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across its Western Palaearctic geographic range. ZooKeys 1084:151-164. 10.3897/zookeys.1084.79415 PDF

Schifani, E.; Alicata, A.; Menchetti, M.; Borowiec, L.; Fisher, B. L.; Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Oueslati, W.; Salata, S.; Blatrix, R. 2022. Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 80:627-648. 10.3897/asp.80.e84428 PDF

Karaman, C.; Kiran, K. 2022. Additional records of parasitic Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Turkey with queen description of Camponotus ruseni Karaman, 2012. Zoology in the Middle East 68 (2):156-164. [online early] 10.1080/09397140.2022.2051918 PDF

Lecocq de Pletincx, N.; Cerdà, X.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Taheri, A.; Aron, S. 2024. Ecological diversification preceded geographical expansion during the evolutionary radiation of Cataglyphis desert ants. iScience 27:1-9. [online early] 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109852

Sert, E.; Karaman, C. 2024. Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Gökçeada Island, Türkiye. Sakarya University Journal of Science 28 (2):392-409. 10.16984/saufenbilder.1390268 PDF