Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Pachycondyla sakishimensis, scanned at KIT Light Source. This dataset is part of the open-source digitization project ‘Antscan’, with a database consisting of thousands of scanned ethanol-preserved ant samples from museums and personal collections worldwide.

Ant Specimen

Tomographic data acquisition

Reconstruction of absorption and phase contrast 32-bit tomograms

Blending of both reconstructions

8-bit conversion

Stitching of height steps

Cropping

specimen_code = OKENT0105258, collection_code = OK05490, taxon_code = Pachycondyla.sakishimensis, lifestagesex_original_col = w, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = worker, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = Okinawa_LTS_4, for_more_specimen = not_available, specimens_left = not_available, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_8, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = cotton, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_18, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 100.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Pachycondyla, Species = sakishimensis, Status = obsolete combination, Name = Euponera sakishimensis, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Ponerinae, Tribe = Ponerini, Genus_authority = Smith, F., 1858, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Pachycondyla, specimen_id = 44549.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = Evan P. Economo, determined_by = M. Yoshimura, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = Masashi Yoshimura, method = Colony sampling, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = not_available, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Japan, adm1 = Okinawa, adm2 = Taketomi, island_group = not_available, island = Iriomote Is., locality_name = Ryudai Nekken, latitude = 24.40265, longitude = 123.804657, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 65.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available