Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Euponera pilosior, 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 = CASENT0743773, collection_code = ANTC39509, taxon_code = Euponera.pilosior, lifestagesex_original_col = w, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = worker, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = species, LTS_Box = Korea_LTS_1, for_more_specimen = Korea_original_1, specimens_left = 1 w, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_2, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_06, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 100.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Euponera, Species = pilosior, Status = valid, Name = Euponera pilosior, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Ponerinae, Tribe = Ponerini, Genus_authority = Forel, 1891, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Euponera, specimen_id = 42170.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = Yoon Seon-Woo, antscan_contributor = Yoon Seon-Woo, determined_by = not_available, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = Yoon Seon-Woo, method = not_available, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2017-09-15, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = South Korea, adm1 = Chungcheongnam-do, adm2 = Hongseong, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = 155-1 Sangsong-ri, latitude = 36.494139, longitude = 126.719167, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = not_available, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available