Phanaeus balthasari Arnaud, 2001

Lizardo, Viridiana, Moctezuma, Víctor & Escobar-Sarria, Federico, 2022, Predicted and recorded distribution maps of the genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Supplementary material of Distribution, Regionalization, and Diversity of the dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) using Species Distribution Models, Zootaxa (suppl.) 5213 (5), pp. 1-77 : 63

Phanaeus balthasari Arnaud, 2001

Recorded Distribution: GUATEMALA: Huehuetenango — Nentón, Jacaltenango; MEXICO: Chiapas — Berriozábal, San Fernando, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Villaflores, La Independencia, Acacoyagua.

Altitude: from 69 to 2464 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Chiapas pine-oak forests, Chiapas Depression dry forests, Chiapas montane forests, Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 14.76° to 17.36° latitude in an area of 33,945 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 21.24-24.53° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 16.39° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1099-1590 mm per year.