Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg, 1870

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

Phanaeus lunaris Taschenberg, 1870

Recorded Distribution: ECUADOR: Azuay — Pucará , Santa Isabel, Bolivar — Chimbo, San Miguel, Cañar — Cañar, Chimborazo — Alausí, El Oro — Zaruma, Esmeraldas — Esmeraldas, Guayas — Guayaquil, Loja — Loja, Sozoranga , Calvas, Quilanga, Los Rios — Quevedo, Babahoyo, Morona Santiago — Taisha, Pastaza — Arajuno, Pichincha — Quito , Mejía, Santa Elena — Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas — Santo Domingo, Sucumbios — Shushufindi , PERU: Piura — Huancabamba.

Altitude: from 10 to 4195 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Montane Grasslands & Shrublands, Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Northern Andean páramo, Western Ecuador moist forests, Northwest Andean montane forests, Napo moist forests, Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from -17.18° to 9.28° latitude in an area of 205,036 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 14.67-24.29° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 12.14° C during the year and mean precipitation of 787-2032 mm per year.