Phanaeus mexicanus Harold, 1863

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 : 42-43

Phanaeus mexicanus Harold, 1863

Recorded Distribution: MEXICO: Guerrero — Taxco de Alarcón, Teloloapan, Chilapa de Alvarez , Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Quechultenango, Acapulco de Juárez , México — Valle de Bravo , Joquicingo, Villa Guerrero, Morelos — Tepoztlán, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapan, Cuernavaca, Atlatlahucan, Cuautla, Miacatlán, Ayala, Tlaquiltenango, Oaxaca — Dist. Tuxtepec, Puebla — San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo , Tilapa, Veracruz — Calcahualco, Coscomatepec , Cotaxtla, Tezonapa, San Andrés Tuxtla, Catemaco.

Altitude: from 9 to 2147 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests, Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests, Balsas dry forests, Veracruz dry forests, Southern Pacific dry forests, Sierra Madre Oriental montane forests, Petén-Veracruz moist forests, Sierra de los Tuxtlas .

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 15.68° to 20.2° latitude in an area of 114,139 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 19.91-24.52° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 17.98° C during the year and mean precipitation of 883-1411 mm per year.