Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Stigmatomma sakaii, 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 = OKENT0105187, collection_code = OK04985, taxon_code = Stigmatomma.sakaii, lifestagesex_original_col = aQ, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = queen, caste_detail = alate, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = Okinawa_LTS_3, for_more_specimen = not_available, specimens_left = not_available, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_6, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_08, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 100.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Stigmatomma, Species = sakaii, Status = valid, Name = Stigmatomma sakaii, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Amblyoponinae, Tribe = Amblyoponini, Genus_authority = Roger, 1859, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Stigmatomma, specimen_id = 43727.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = Evan P. Economo, determined_by = T. Yoshida, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = Maehira, Iriyama, method = slam trap, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2017-04-07, date_collected_end = 2017-04-21, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Japan, adm1 = Okinawa, adm2 = Nanjo, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Sefa Utaki ForestS0067, latitude = 26.17418, longitude = 127.82538, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 117.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = Palearctic