ArticleNature methods2026
High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity.
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Julian Katzke *Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan. julian.katzke@oist.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1447-9660
Francisco Hita Garcia *Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan. fhitagarcia@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-3083
Philipp D LöselDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-1171
Fumika AzumaBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Tomáš FaragóInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9824-2797
Lazzat AibekovaBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Alexandre Casadei-FerreiraBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2977-8348
Shubham GautamBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Adrian RichterBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Evropi ToulkeridouBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0776-4746
Sabine BremerLaboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Elias HamannInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-9069
Jenny HeinInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Janes OdarLaboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Chandan SarkarLaboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Marcus ZuberInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2429-6171
Jacobus J BoomsmaSection for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rodrigo M FeitosaDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Lukas SchraderInstitute for Evolution & Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-0526
Guojie ZhangCenter of Evolutionary & Organismal Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Sándor CsőszHUN-REN-ELTE-MTM Integrative Ecology Research Group, Biological Institute, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Minsoo DongBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-9408
Olivia EvangelistaAustralian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Georg FischerBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Brian L FisherDepartment of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-3270
Jaime A Florez-FernandezAustralian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3049-0333
Antscan GAGA Consortium
Fede GarcíaIndependent Researcher, Barcelona, Spain.
Kiko GómezIndependent Researcher, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-157X
Donato A GrassoInsect Ethology, Ecology and Sociobiology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-4280
Stephane de GreefIndependent researcher, Brussels, Belgium.
Benoit GuénardSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Peter G HawkesAfriBugs CC, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0280-7871
Robert A JohnsonSchool of Life Sciences, Life Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Roberto A KellerCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2751-9761
Rasmus S LarsenDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Timothy A LinksvayerSchool of Life Sciences, Life Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-1546
Cong LiuDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-6931
Arthur MatteBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8299-0663
Masako OgasawaraEnvironmental Science and Informatics Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Hao RanBiological Education and Research Laboratory, Mancheng High School of Hebei Province, Baoding, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5462-3615
Juanita RodriguezAustralian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-1978
Enrico SchifaniInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC - University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0684-6229
Ted R SchultzDepartment of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-7233
Jonathan Z ShikDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jeffrey Sosa-CalvoDepartment of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-7275
Chao TongSchool of Life Sciences, Life Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-5507
Leonardo TozettoBiodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Seonwoo YoonUrban Agriculture Division, Ulsan City Agricultural Technology Center, Ulsan, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7370-1317
Masashi YoshimuraEnvironmental Science and Informatics Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan.
Jie ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Tilo BaumbachInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Evan P Economo *Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Japan. economo@umd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-0432
Thomas van de Kamp *Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. thomas.vandekamp@kit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7390-1318
Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 05K2019Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 05K2022Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) IC 180100008Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 502787686Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) ECF 137/2020MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21K06326MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22KJ3077MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 24K01785Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) K 147781National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB 1927161National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1932467National Science Foundation (NSF) IOS-2128304NOVA | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL) UIDB/00329/2020
Abstract
The big data era in biology is underway, but the study of organismal form has been slow to capitalize on advances in imaging and computation. Imaging approaches can digitize whole organisms, but low throughput has limited the effort to document morphological diversity. Here, within the open science initiative 'Antscan', we applied high-throughput synchrotron X-ray microtomography to capture phenotypes across a diverse and ecologically dominant insect group: ants. At https://www.antscan.info , we provide 2,193 whole-body three-dimensional ant datasets from 212 genera and 792 species to broadly cover the ant phylogeny with a global scope, also pairing phenomic data with genome sequencing projects. Scans acquired with standardized parameters facilitate automated analysis, and free access to data can broaden the audience and incentivize methods development. Antscan presents a scalable approach to create libraries of diverse anatomies, heralding an era of studies on the evolution, structure and function of organismal phenotypes.
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AntsBiodiversityPhenomicsPhylogenyAnimalsFemaleMaleX-Ray Microtomography
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