Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Acromyrmex octospinosus, 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 = CASENT0878012, collection_code = Ao759, taxon_code = Acromyrmex.octospinosus, lifestagesex_original_col = m, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = male, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = species, LTS_Box = LTS_GAGA_04, for_more_specimen = GAGA Round 2 Original 1 (of 2), specimens_left = 0, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN2, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = not_available, magnification = 2x, voxel_size = 6.11 µm, filter = 3 mm pyrolytic graphite, projections = 3000, fps = 160.0, exposure_time_per_frame = not_available, Genus = Acromyrmex, Species = octospinosus, Status = valid, Name = Acromyrmex octospinosus, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Myrmicinae, Tribe = Attini, Genus_authority = Mayr, 1865, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Acromyrmex, specimen_id = 54574.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = GAGA, determined_by = not_available, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = L. Shrader, method = not_available, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2016-05-10, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = Rainforest, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Denmark, adm1 = not_available, adm2 = not_available, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = not_available, latitude = 9.120189, longitude = -79.696398, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = not_available, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available