Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Tapinoma melanocephalum, 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 = OKENT0105214, collection_code = OK01340, taxon_code = Tapinoma.melanocephalum, lifestagesex_original_col = m, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = male, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = species, LTS_Box = Okinawa_LTS_3, for_more_specimen = not_available, specimens_left = not_available, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_7, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_10, magnification = 5x, voxel_size = 2.44 µm, filter = 500 µm Al, projections = 3000, fps = 100.0, exposure_time_per_frame = 0.01 s, Genus = Tapinoma, Species = melanocephalum, Status = valid, Name = Tapinoma melanocephalum, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Dolichoderinae, Tribe = Tapinomini, Genus_authority = Foerster, 1850, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Tapinoma, specimen_id = 42708.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = Evan P. Economo, determined_by = S. Iriyama & T. Yoshida, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = Iha, Yoshida, method = slam trap, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2016-05-11, date_collected_end = 2016-05-25, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Japan, adm1 = Okinawa, adm2 = Ginowan, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Oyama Open S0041, latitude = 26.28129, longitude = 127.74419, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 2.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = Palearctic