Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Aphaenogaster japonica, 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 = CASENT0743782, collection_code = ANTC39504, taxon_code = Aphaenogaster.japonica, lifestagesex_original_col = aQ, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = queen, caste_detail = alate, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = Korea_LTS_1, for_more_specimen = Korea_original_1, specimens_left = 2 w, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_2, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = cotton, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_40, magnification = 5x_2steps, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 70.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Aphaenogaster, Species = japonica, Status = valid, Name = Aphaenogaster japonica, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Myrmicinae, Tribe = Stenammini, Genus_authority = Mayr, 1853, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Aphaenogaster, specimen_id = 42179.0, 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 = 2018-09-06, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = South Korea, adm1 = Gyeongsangnam-do, adm2 = Hapcheon-gun, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Gaya-myeon, latitude = not_available, longitude = not_available, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = not_available, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available