Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Acropyga butteli, 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 = CASENT0878079, collection_code = A.baodaoensls_1, taxon_code = Acropyga.butteli, lifestagesex_original_col = w, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = worker, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = LTS_GAGA_05, for_more_specimen = GAGA Round 2 Original 1 (of 2), specimens_left = 0, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN2_XS_4, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = not_available, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 2 mm pyrolytic graphite, projections = 3000, fps = 40.0, exposure_time_per_frame = not_available, Genus = Acropyga, Species = butteli, Status = valid, Name = Acropyga butteli, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Formicinae, Tribe = Plagiolepidini, Genus_authority = Roger, 1862, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Acropyga, specimen_id = 54684.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = GAGA, determined_by = not_available, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = P. Hsu, method = not_available, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2019-07-23, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = Mixed forest (Broadleaf forest + betel nut tree ), microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Taiwan, adm1 = not_available, adm2 = not_available, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = not_available, latitude = 24.045, longitude = 120.795, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 1136.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available