Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Xerolitor explicatus, 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 = CASENT0745114, collection_code = TRS151031-02, taxon_code = Xerolitor.explicatus, lifestagesex_original_col = w, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = worker, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = species, LTS_Box = LTS GAGA 02, for_more_specimen = 0, specimens_left = GAGA 02, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_12, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_16, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 100.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Xerolitor, Species = explicatus, Status = valid, Name = Xerolitor explicatus, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Myrmicinae, Tribe = Attini, Genus_authority = Sosa-Calvo, Schultz, Jesovnik, Dahan & Rabeling, 2018, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Xerolitor, specimen_id = 51494.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = USNM, antscan_contributor = Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, Ted R. Schultz, determined_by = T. Schulz, insert_user_23 = fgarcia, collected_by = TR Schultz, J Sosa-Calvo, C Rabeling, A Jesovnik, R Dahan, method = hand collection, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2015-10-31, date_collected_end = not_available, habitat = dry chaco, microhabitat = in ground, behavior = nest series, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Paraguay, adm1 = Boqueron, adm2 = not_available, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Parque Nacional Teniente Enciso, latitude = -21.20601, longitude = -61.65737, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 264.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = Neotropic