Processed micro-tomographic scan of the ant Acanthostichus brevicornis, 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 = CASENT0744420, collection_code = lsbf_178, taxon_code = Acanthostichus.brevicornis, lifestagesex_original_col = m, subcaste_original_col = not_available, caste = male, caste_detail = not_available, genome_associated = not_available, LTS_Box = Brazil_LTS_2, for_more_specimen = not_available, specimens_left = not_available, scanning_vial_box = ANTSCAN_XS_17, problems_det = not_available, problems_other = not_available, stained = unstained, scan_tray = tray_41, 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 = Acanthostichus, Species = brevicornis, Status = valid, Name = Acanthostichus brevicornis, Family_or_other = Formicidae, Subfamily = Dorylinae, Tribe = not_available, Genus_authority = Mayr, 1887, Source = https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Acanthostichus, specimen_id = 47330.0, located_at = OIST, owned_by = not_available, antscan_contributor = Rodrigo M. Feitosa, determined_by = not_available, insert_user_23 = fumika, collected_by = R.M. Feitosa, T.S. Silva, A.C. Ferreira, method = hand, sampling_effort = not_available, date_collected_start = 2016-09-15, date_collected_end = 2016-09-18, habitat = not_available, microhabitat = not_available, behavior = not_available, disturbance_level = not_available, country = Brazil, adm1 = Acre, adm2 = not_available, island_group = not_available, island = not_available, locality_name = Mâncio Lima, P.N. da Serra do Divisor, latitude = -7.44966944, longitude = -73.66050833, latlong_error = not_available, elevation = 245.0, elevation_error = not_available, biogeographic_region = not_available