sentences:  The queen is highly polymorphic, differing in size, pilosity, sculpture (shininess) and colouration.The genus "Doronomyrmex" was synonymized with "Leptothorax" as a junior synonym by Heinze (1998), a taxonomic action later supported by Bolton's (2003) "Classification and Synopsis of Formicidae".Thus all species previously included within the genus "Doronomyrmex" taxon should be technically considered to belong to "Leptothorax" until the next taxonomic revision.