Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Polyergus samurai, 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 = CASENT0743788, collection_code = ANTC39502, taxon_code = Polyergus.samurai, 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 = 1 w, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_2, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = soft tissues badly preserved, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_34, magnification = 5x_3steps, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 70.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Polyergus, Species = samurai, Status = valid, Name = Polyergus samurai, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Formicinae, Tribe = Formicini, Genus_authority = Latreille, 1804, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Polyergus, specimen_id = 42185.0, 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 = 2020-07-12, date_collected_end = 2020-07-16, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = South Korea, adm1 = Daegu, adm2 = Suseong-gu, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Manchon-dong, latitude = not_available, longitude = not_available, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = not_available, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available