Phanaeus scutifer Bates, 1887

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 : 45

Phanaeus scutifer Bates, 1887

Recorded Distribution: MEXICO: Veracruz — Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios, Juchique de Ferrer, Xalapa, Actopan, Xico, Emiliano Zapata, Cotaxtla.

Altitude: from 46 to 1345 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Veracruz dry forests, Veracruz moist forests, Sierra Madre Oriental montane forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 17.05° to 20.41° latitude in an area of 8,092 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 21.64-25.45° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 17.34° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1123-1561 mm per year.