Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Dorylus fulvus, 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 = CASENT0745687, collection_code = FHG00077, taxon_code = Dorylus.fulvus, lifestagesex_original_col = m, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = male, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = OIST_LTS_2, for_more_specimen = OIST_02, specimens_left = not_available, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_L_1, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = iodine, scan_tray = not_available, magnification = not_available, voxel_size = 8.2 µm, filter = not_available, projections = 2048, fps = not_available, exposure_time_per_frame = 4 s, Genus = Dorylus, Species = fulvus, Status = valid, Name = Dorylus fulvus, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Dorylinae, Tribe = not_available, Genus_authority = Fabricius, 1793, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Dorylus, specimen_id = 51319.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = Francisco Hita Garcia, determined_by = not_available, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = F. Hita Garcia, method = hand collection, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2007-09-02, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = rainforest opening, microhabitat = ground, behavior = whole colony emerging from ground, thousands of workers, hundreds of males getting ready for flight, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Kenya, adm1 = Western, adm2 = Kakamega, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Kakamega Forest, Udo's camp (BIOTA camp), latitude = 0.352209, longitude = 34.864546, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 1600.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = Afrotropic